Gedling residents are calling for more action over lorries ignoring weight restrictions on village roads.
HGVs have been pictured still using Shearing Hill, Main Road and Arnold Lane despite a weight restriction.
The limit was brought in by Nottinghamshire County Council last year.
It bans vehicles over 7.5 tonnes from driving on these specific roads as they can use the new Gedling Access Road (Colliery Way) that opened last year.
Monitoring was carried out last month after complaints were made but residents say the lorries are still using the route.
A resident, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “I’m just annoyed that some HGV drivers are ignoring the weight restriction that’s been put in place for over a year since Colliery Way was opened.
“Some may be delivering and that’s ok.
“But many are passing through and they should be fined in my opinion.
“These abuses have to stop, it’s putting lives at risk.
“The county council highways dept needs to crack down on this.”
Colliery Way was completed in 2022 at a cost of £49m to encourage HGVs to use the new route rather than go through the village.
Cllr Jenny Hollingsworth (Lab) added: “Councillor Pearson and I receive regular complaints about this issue and we have undertaken some direct Lorry Watch sessions.
“While residents recognise that some HGV’s have legitimate reasons for using this route we believe many are breaching the restriction.
“Nottinghamshire County Council is aware of the problem and has carried out monitoring of the route.
“We have directly contacted some companies to make them aware that their drivers may be breaching the weight restrictions, however the problem continues.
“We encourage residents to report apparent breaches to Nottinghamshire County Council so that investigations can be carried out and fines issued where appropriate.
“Councillor Pearson and I will continue to monitor the situation and take the necessary actions to resolve this for residents.”
Drivers breaching a weight restriction can be prosecuted and fined up to £1,000.
In a statement released last month, the county council said it was monitoring the roads and reminded residents lorries could use the road if accessing premises in the area.
Let’s face it we all new colliers way was a white elephant
Totally agree about ‘white elephant’ Genuine John
Look after the people of gedling it’s like running the gauntlet on the zebra crossings in netherfield be it on your heads only a matter of time ?????
They’ve one crossing for each door to the Bank !
Why they not using GAR. It cost the taxpayer millions. A total waste of cash. It’s empty most of the time