Calls for a ban on overnight parking on a road described as 'dangerous' by residents have been rejected after councillors ruled the parked vehicles reduced speeding.
A petition calling for action to be taken to make the road in Haddington safer received 356 signatures and was brought before East Lothian Council's petitions and community empowerment committee yesterday.
However claims the local authority had ignored traffic concerns for seven years were disputed by its roads team who said the street was regularly reviewed and action, which could be done to improve it had been.
