Stratford-upon-Avon roadworks: Concerns over HGVs on narrow streets

People in Stratford-upon-Avon say large lorries are getting stuck on narrow roads

Residents in Stratford-upon-Avon say they are "concerned and angry" about roadworks that have seen HGVs using narrow streets and getting stuck.

Work started on a section of the A439 Warwick Road in the town on Monday and is expected to last six months.

But, as well as fears about longer journey times, residents said large lorries were missing diversion signs.

A councillor said clearer diversion signs were now in place, and further signs for HGVs had been requested.

Anne Warren, who lives on Great William Street, said that HGV drivers had been going down the narrow road because diversion directions were not very clear.

The street was "only just passable for a large car" and it took 45 minutes to get a transporter out of the road on Monday after it became stuck, she told BBC CWR.

"The poor lorry driver was mortified," Ms Warren said, adding that "right behind that there was another juggernaut and we had to turn that round".

Councillor Tim Sinclair said the diversion signs had now been made clearer

Residents were "concerned and angry" that the signs were not clear enough to take traffic on the gyratory and back along the Birmingham Road, she said.

The county council has said the roadworks are needed to reduce crashes and build a cycle lane.

Amy Saunders, who was visiting the town from Durham, said a lorry had clipped her parked rental car while she was sitting in it and had knocked off the passenger wing mirror.

Ms Warren said large vehicles going down her street at night had also knocked some cars.

Tim Sinclair, the councillor for Stratford North, said he had "massive sympathy" for those affected and that the diversion signs had now been made clearer.

He added that he had also requested signs that told HGVs not to drive on certain residential streets.