One-way system rejected for HGV-blighted village

Vehicles struggle to pass each other in South End because the road is so narrow

A proposed one-way system to solve complaints about HGV traffic in a North Lincolnshire village will not go ahead.

People living in Goxhill had complained of up to 50 lorries an hour using Church Side at South End.

Residents said they had been blighted for years by HGV traffic problems and police had deemed the road unsafe, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

In a letter to residents earlier this month, North Lincolnshire Council said a review of HGV traffic had been carried out but a suggested one-way system was "not a viable option" and would "not be progressed".

The HGV traffic is mostly linked to shipped materials being transported from New Holland or Immingham to warehouse storage facilities at the former RAF Goxhill, the LDRS said.

The decision to reject the suggested one-way scheme followed a consultation and feedback event with residents in January.

The letter said various partners and agencies, including a highways safety team, had concluded "the road is safe”, but acknowledged "the worry and risk around some of the traffic activity in this location”.

It added: “We can at this stage confirm that the potential proposals around a one-way diversion, which many in the community fed back on and opposed at the January community meeting, will not be progressed as a viable option for the Goxhill community.”

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