Parking bans planned for food waste collections

Parking bans could be brought in on some streets in North East Lincolnshire to help food waste collections.

The council's waste services department has drawn up a list of streets where parked cars cause problems for its bin lorries.

Double yellow lines could be introduced around more than a dozen junctions in Grimsby and Cleethorpes to stop vehicles waiting at any time.

As part of a national reform, all councils are legally required to bring in weekly food waste collections. North East Lincolnshire plans to introduce them in spring 2027.

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, Anthony Snell, the council's traffic and transport manager, told a meeting: "There are often vehicles parked or simply obstructing."

He added: "It occasionally leads to bins being left or rounds being disrupted."

The proposed changes, known as a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO), will have to go out for a public consultation before they can be introduced.

Councillor Paul Batson, portfolio holder for housing, infrastructure and transport, agreed to proceed to that stage.

The meeting also saw confirmation of a new 30mph speed limit on a section of Stallingborough Road, Immingham, as well as proposed restrictions to parking and loading provisions in Grimsby town centre streets, and Osborne Street, Cleethorpes, linked to the Market Place transformation.

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