Residents living by a nightmare, dangerous road say it is only a matter of time before a serious accident happens. Neighbours who are fearful of the speeding cars and motorbikes have since spoken out.
A mum of two, who lives in one of the houses next to the tunnel in Derbyshire, but did not wish to give her name for fear of reprisals, says that she is frightened for her children to leave the house. She fears someone will be killed before authorities take action, Derbyshire Live reports.
"It has gotten to the point where I don't even want to let my kids go out. They go through the alley to go to the field and I worry about them going through the alley in case there is a group and they get run over.
"Sometimes they come straight on the path around the alley. If you're walking by, you wouldn't stand a chance." She believes that more could be done to stop speeding on the street.
She said: "I know that it is a bus route and that's why they don't want to put speed bumps down there but I don't know another road like this. It makes it very difficult because sometimes they are travelling at, I swear, about 60mph if not more because they start at the top of the hill and fly by at night."
Caroline Haywood lives across the road from the Arnhem tunnel. She told Derbyshire Live: "They are always revving their engines and there are kids shouting and breaking the lights. It has been reported millions of times, everyone reports them but nobody listens.
"With all the noise, you can't sleep because it echoes with it being the tunnel." Derbyshire police's safer neighbourhood team (SNT) for Spondon said it had been in the area and issued a Section 59 warning to a 15-year-old who was spotted driving a motorbike.
This refers to vehicles being used in a manner which causes alarm, distress or annoyance. It comes as police attempt to tackle anti-social behaviour in Chaddesden, Derwent, Oakwood and Spondon - action that has been dubbed Operation Motocrush.
Councillor Yvonne Williams told Derbyshire Live that she lives close to Arnhem Terrace and is very much aware of the issues there. She said: "I live a couple of streets away from the tunnel and it is an issue that we have raised with our local safer neighbourhood team and the police.
"One of the things that we are looking at doing now is making the Arnhem tunnel a priority for the coming financial year to see if there is something we can do to stop these mopeds coming in and out because it is really dangerous. We are also looking at what we can do to make the tunnel a nicer place as well. We did some work several years ago with graffiti artists in memory of some young people who had unfortunately died.
"But it has been a long while and so we are looking into that and getting it a little spruced up." Derbyshire police said action is being taken to tackle problems in the area. An unregistered motorbike was seized and sent to be crushed after the teenage rider was stopped and reported for riding without a licence, insurance or helmet – and was also issued a warning for the manner of his riding.
Another teen was also reported for a number of traffic offences, with partner agencies now looking at his housing arrangements as a result of his offending. Alongside Operation Motocrush a dispersal order has also been in place in recent weeks which gives officers the power to move people on from a specific location with the penalty of arrest should they return.
However, a force spokeswoman said officers had not received reports of speeding cars in Arnhem Terrace. She encouraged residents to report these issues, either by calling 101 or via the various online methods. Temporary Sergeant Brendan Middleton-Rees said: “With help and support of the community, who have provided information about where and when these bikes have been ridden, we have been able to target areas with high-visibility patrols.
