A RESIDENT who only moved to her Coniston Cold home, near Skipton, eight weeks ago, said she may have had a change of mind about buying a home there if she had known of the speeding traffic at all times of the day and night.

Claire Rigby, who moved into The Sycamores with her husband, Gregory, said they had been unable to sleep in the master bedroom yet because the triple glazing did not even manage to muffle the noise, particularly from large wagons which ‘thundered’ through from before 5am.

She is now calling for a fixed speed camera to slow traffic down.

“I was staggered at the speed some vehicles were going. I used to live near the A59 at Gisburn so I am used to traffic but the traffic was never as bad as this. I’ve spoken to people in neighbouring villages and they say the same. The difference in some places, such as Gargrave and Hellifield, is there are natural chicanes because of sharp corners through them and they slow the traffic a bit. In Coniston Cold it is straight through. The speed they come through is staggering. There is a regular mobile speed camera but it needs to be here at 5am to catch the wagons or put a fixed one in.

“I honestly can say if we had realised how bad it was we would not have chosen here. We just loved the village and the residents we have met are lovely,” she said.

Mrs Rigby said she has got to her wits’ end in trying to get some help and answers from the police and the new police, fire and crime commissioner Philip Allott.

“He did agree to come and speak to me but that seems to have drifted away. Everyone I speak to in authority says the same thing. They all agree something needs to be done but nothing is happening. Why can’t North Yorkshire put fixed speed cameras up?,” she said.

In his election campaign, Mr Allott said he didn’t generally support fixed post cameras, but would support specific locations if there is a special case and the county council agreed.

The Herald has approached Mr Allott for a comment.