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Nov
Heavy goods vehicles to be banned from Knaresborough road during school-run
North Yorkshire Council looks set to ban large lorries from a Knaresborough street amid concern over the safety of schoolchildren and pedestrians.
Residents have long complained over the number of heavy goods vehicles passing through Hambleton Grove and the dangers they pose to drivers and children.
The road is used by vehicles to access an industrial estate, but it is also close to St John's Church of England School on Stockwell Road.
Residents told the Stray Ferret previously that there had been issues with lorries on the street since 2016, including bollards being hit and “cars written off” as HGVs look to manoeuvre the narrow road.
Last year, the Stray Ferret visited the site and saw HGVs scraping by car wing mirrors. You can watch our video below.
Now, council officials look set to introduce a trial ban on heavy goods vehicles from the road during school pick up and drop off times.
The move would see vehicles in excess of 7.5t banned from Hambleton Grove between the hours of 7am to 9.30am and 3pm to 4:30pm from Monday to Friday.
The council considered and rejected ideas to make the street one-way, remove residential parking bays and introduce single yellow lines. A full-time ban on HGVs was also rejected.
The experimental order will be in place for up to 18 months.
In a report, Heather Yendall, improvement manager at the council, said:
Officers have considered multiple options to deal with the local amenity concerns from residents alongside the potential highway safety concerns by large vehicles using the highway network in this area. Whilst no option is without it’s disbenefits for some party, on balance,
Officers consider the implementation of this experiment to be worthwhile to try and address the number of HGVs at peak times.
Cllr Malcolm Taylor, executive councillor for highways at the council, will make a decision on the ban at a meeting on November 28.
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