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Published:
June 6, 2007
Burnham-On-Sea
residents call for lorries to be banned from street
Residents
living along a Burnham-On-Sea street say their lives are being
made a misery by 44 tonne lorries thundering past their homes.
Caroline
Ollis and Phil Clinton are pressing councillors to introduce new
weight restrictions along Abingdon Street to prevent heavy goods
vehicles of more than 7.5 tonnes using the road.
 "We
get huge 44 tonne articulated lorries thundering by at 5.30 most
mornings and some at nine in the evening," said Caroline,
who also believes cracks in the street outside are being caused
by the vehicles.
"Ornaments
and pictures rattle and the whole house vibrates every time they
go past - I work here in the day and the noise is so annoying
and distracting that something has to be done," she told
Burnham-On-Sea.com.
Caroline
is compiling a list of all the companies who use the road and
will be asking the council to help by contacting them and asking
whether they would consider changing their routes.
She
concedes that some businesses do need use the street, but that
most are going ahead with "unnecessary trips."
"I
know some businesses along Abingdon Street do take deliveries,
which is fine, but I don't understand why 38 tonne trucks visiting
pubs on the seafront or shops along the High Street need to use
this road."
"They
seem to use Abingdon Street instead of Marine Drive as a short-cut
to Love Lane and the M5. It could even be that GPS systems direct
them down here even though it's a residential area."
Caroline
says the majority of the lorries are 18 tonne vehicles, but some
are up to 44 tonnes, with trailer heights as tall as homes along
the road.
"They're
not just causing noise, but damage too," she claims.
"Several
cracks have emerged in recent months next to the road drains.
These were quite possibly caused by all these extra heavy vehicles."
Ward
councillor Arthur Thorogood, who is pictured with Caroline and
Phil, has taken up their case.
He
told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "I am fully sympathetic with their
problem and will be helping them as far as I can. The problem
does seem to have become worse here in recent years, so there
is a strong argument for changes."
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