Are double yellow lines the answer?

Published on 22nd March 2007 in News

Waiting restrictions are to be brought in across Goole and should tackle some of the 'nightmare' traffic situations, town councillors said on Monday.

They studied proposals to paint double yellow lines on more than 100 junctions and sections of road.

Several changes to the draft were suggested, including a single yellow line on a section of Burlington Crescent to stop vehicles blocking it and make turning into Victoria Street and Carlise Street easier.

"It's a nightmare during the day," said Cllr Malcolm Boatman.

"All the heavy traffic is put that way."

There have been problems with buses trying to get through, too.

The 'S' bend that links Jefferson Street and Carter Street was identified as a problem area, as was Queen's Close and the Poets' Corner area, which encompasses Tennyson Street, Spenser Street, Gray Street, Byron Street and Milton Street.

"Double yellow lines would mean traffic could get round," said Cllr Boatman.

In one area of the town, however, yellow lines are causing more problems for residents.

Cllr Shirley Marshall asked if the council would support a request to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to shorten the yellow lines at the junction of Dunhill Road and Cross Street West so that they covered three houses instead of four.

She said she had been contacted by a resident whose friend had received a parking ticket at midnight after leaving his car there.

Cllr Boatman pointed out that there had been several accidents at the similar junction of Marcus Street and Dunhill Road.

However, councillors agreed that the lines at the Cross Street West junction should be reduced.