'˜Action needed at crash junction'

Last Tuesday (July 4) a taxi crashed into the garden wall of Scott and Louise Anderson’s house and then on Thursday (July 6) two cars collided and damaged the wall even further.

Scott and Louise’s house sits at the junction of The Loaning and Ladywell Road and say in the 18 months they have lived there they have been aware of several accidents.

Louise said: “I can think of seven or eight incidents since we moved here and it is now getting very concerning, particularly at that junction.

“I spoke to someone from the road’s department and they said they could put up a crash barrier, but then they’d just hit that so it doesn’t solve the problem.”

Scott added: “What would have happened if our children at been playing in the garden at the time of either of these latest accidents? It gets to the stage you are scared to let them out.

“It’s clear there is a problem here and while North Lanarkshire Council have come to repaint some lines and replace a Give Way sign we’d been telling them about for weeks that’s not enough.

“Thursday’s accident happened at 9.30am, I know it is all if and buts, but if that had happened an hour earlier the week before there would almost certainly have been kids going to Ladywell Primary nearby.

“Do we need something dreadful to happen before action is taken, or can we hopefully get something done before then?”