Parking restrictions target inconsiderate drivers

Four new traffic regulation orders will be brought in across North East Lincolnshire

New road restrictions are being introduced to stop “inconsiderate” parking, a council said.

Four new traffic regulation orders (TRO) will be brought in across North East Lincolnshire.

A number of locations will get double yellow lines along stretches of road.

Many of the measures are designed to stop buses being diverted due to cars blocking bus routes.

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), the TROs were issued after feedback from bus operators in the area.

A council officer told a meeting that various locations had been identified with Stagecoach where buses frequently have to divert, or even cannot serve residents, because of parked cars.

The streets in Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Humberston and Great Coates set to have double yellow lines on sections near turns or bus stops are:

Belvoir Road, between Oak Way and Humberston Road

Wybers Way, close to St Nicholas Drive, and St Nicholas Drive, close to Oakwood Drive

The corner of Stortford Street and Elsenham Road

Chelmsford Avenue and Littlefield Lane junction area

Windsor Road, close to Chester Place

Humberston Avenue / B1219, including near Tetney Road.

The last location is related to school parking issues there, the LDRS reported.

Other areas include double yellow lines along a stretch of South Marsh Road, Stallingborough, close to South Humber Bank power station.

This follows concerns about HGVs being parked along the road.

Double yellow lines will be installed on the corner of Stortford Street and Elsenham Road

Another TRO will cover sections of Estates Road and Woad Road within South Humberside Industrial Estate area.

A North East Lincolnshire Council traffic and transport manager told the meeting: “One or two businesses have had to unload in the middle of the street with potentially large pieces of machinery."

Councillor Stewart Swinburn said that the no waiting restrictions would be funded with £909,662 of Department for Transport money designed to improve bus measures.

On the Humberston Avenue locations, he added, “The safety of children around these areas is paramount for this authority.”

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