The Courier & Advertiser (Angus and Dundee)
HGVS to be banned from Angus street
HGVS are to be banned from passing a new dual-primary Angus school campus in a long-awaited safety move.
A 7.5 tonne weight limit will come into force on Hayshead Road in Arbroath as part of a scheme which will also see a speed limit cut for all vehicles on what will become the main alternative route.
Bin lorries and trucks serving properties on the street will be exempt from the new restriction.
Hayshead Road is frequently used as a route by truckers heading off the A92 Montrose Road – which runs right through the town – to the Cliffburn and Seaton areas, as well as the village of Auchmithie.
The weight limit move was brought in following the February opening of the £14 million Abbey View campus which brought together Hayshead and St Thomas RC primaries on the site of the former Hayshead school.
Angus communities convener Councillor Mark Salmond also brought forward an additional plan which will see the 60mph limit on Bearfaulds Road, off the A92 and linking to Seaton Road, cut to 40mph.
“I was concerned about the displacement route for lorries which will come in with the weight limit reduction on Hayshead Road because those roads are currently deregulated to 60,” he said. “This gives us the opportunity to go one step further in improving road safety.”
Arbroath East and Lunan independent councillor Lois Speed said: “A number of constituents have contacted me and it is vital we listen to our residents.”
A large number of houses have been built on the east side of the town and Ms Speed also plans to press housing developer Stewart Milne to finish a footpath in the area to improve residents’ safety.
Montrose councillor Bill Duff said: “I’ve a slight concern that we are going to be inundated with requests to ban trucks from here, there and everywhere.
“We are going to get a number of random requests and I would have thought there may have been some merit in having these filtered through our road safety member-officer group.”