A £7k highways improvements package to deal with inconsiderate and dangerous parking outside Sainsbury’s Salendine Nook Supermarket got underway this week.

The funds for the scheme were secured Cllr Cahal Burke (Lib Dem, Lindley) via Huddersfield Area Committee after residents living nearby complained that customers were parking up on pavements causing a hazard and obstructing parking outside their homes. Emergency vehicles were also experiencing difficulty accessing the nearby Morton’s Residential Housing Complex.

The funds were secured from the committee in January 2011.

The scheme includes double yellow lines prohibiting parking on sections of Laund Road and Moor Hill Road entirely as well as a small designed parking area on Laund Road that will allow people to stop for a short periods of time. Permit Only Parking will also be introduced outside Morton Residential Housing Complex and in front of the homes on Laund Road that are directly opposite the complex.

Cllr Cahal Burke who organised for the works and secured the funding welcomed the works finally getting underway:

“I’m pleased that we have finally got the changes to the highways that were needed to improve safety and tackle the issue of inconsiderate parking which was affecting residents nearby. I would have preferred it to have happened sooner but obtaining and implementing traffic regulation orders is a lengthy progress. I hope residents will be happy with the changes and that the issues they raised have now been resolved”