RESIDENTS living by the Grane Road, Haslingden, have started a new campaign to stop more lorries using the notorious road.

The move comes after Jamestone Quarry, Heap Clough, applied to Lancashire County Council to allow it to import crushed glass. Residents objected to stop a rise in wagons.

Safety campaigners have also been told it could be another month before a ban on heavy lorries, although wagons going to the quarry would be exempt. A date for the ban is still to be fixed, although highway chiefs have said it could be the mid-December.

Today, quarry bosses said the move would not involve more HGVs at the site as the recycled glass is to be used instead of rock now used in asphalt. But locals objected to loaded wagons leaving the site without sheeting, which causes spillages.

Keith Dobbs has lived in Heap Clough for more than 30 years. He said: "This is going to involve more vehicles going to and from the quarry when there is already up to 200 a day.

"The road surface at Heap Clough is a disgrace. The road is only cleaned once a week, causing mud in wet conditions and dust in dry conditions while the wagons cause vibrations."

Chris Gibbs, a spokesman for Jamestone Quarry, said: "There won't be any extra vehicles. Instead of using rock we will be using processed recycled crushed glass when doing work on county council roads."

Grane Road Residents' Association is also campaigning for a 40mph speed limit, speed cameras and a roundabout near Haslingden cemetery.

The plans will be determined by the county council at the next development control committee at County Hall, Preston, on Tuesday, November 29, at 2pm.