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Planters deployed to block residential roads and cut traffic have delayed ambulances, health chiefs said yesterday.
Worried residents filmed paramedics driving past their homes – only to come back the other way a few minutes later after encountering the obstacles.
They claimed the minutes wasted because of the ‘low traffic neighbourhood’ scheme could prove fatal for some patients.
Transport chiefs initially branded reports of delays as ‘misinformation’ – but ambulance bosses have confirmed crews have been forced into U-turns.
Worried residents filmed paramedics driving past their homes – only to come back the other way a few minutes later after encountering the obstacles
Transport chiefs initially branded reports of delays as ‘misinformation’ – but ambulance bosses have confirmed crews have been forced into U-turns
Since the start of the pandemic, councils around the country have been using planters to block roads in residential areas to prevent ‘rat-run’ drivers cutting through and to try to encourage motorists to switch to cycling or public transport.
Campaigners say the LTNs – some of which have open ‘filters’ to let emergency vehicles through – have cut accident rates and air pollution.
But since the closures were introduced in the Stockport suburb of Heaton Chapel in September on a trial basis, some homeowners have expressed fears about the disruption caused
