PENSIONERS in Hessle are angry with East Riding Council for installing new traffic bollards.
The bollards were installed in Beverley Road, blocking access to a lawn where elderly homeowners used to pull up and unload their shopping.
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'NOT HELPFUL': Hessle residents, from left, Janet Stirk, Janet Van Rees and Margaret Shawyer next to the bollards in Beverley Road, Hessle, which they fear will cause problems. Picture: Simon Renilson
Since they were put up the residents – some with health problems – have had to park several streets away.
Margaret Shawyer, 79, who lives on the street, said: "We've always been allowed access for workmen and unloading.
"Then one morning someone came and put bollards at the end so no one could get through at all. So if we want any work doing, how can we get anyone in?
"One of the neighbouring ladies who is quite disabled used to be able to park there for a while and bring her shopping in."
The council said it had put the bollards up after other people on the street complained.
Ms Shawyer said: "People have been complaining that cars have been coming across the pavement and a child could get knocked down.
"But there's no difference between hidden driveways and our grass – a child could be knocked down by a car coming out of a driveway."
She said the council "had not been helpful at all."
"All my neighbours are at least in their late seventies. They need people to help with heavy things," she said.
"Everybody has been getting really worried about it. It has upset people."
Ms Shawyer's neighbour Janet Stirk, 69, agreed.
She said: "I keep putting shopping off because I can't get it inside. I'm not getting out at all.
"I've been living here for 22 years and when I came here you could load and unload on the grass.
"I can only do about 50 yards walking and the other day I had to park really far away from my house and bring all my shopping in from there."
Ms Stirk suffers from diabetes and ME and has been off work since she was 50.
She said: "Life isn't very easy and I think they're just making it harder for everybody."
Although the emergency services will be able to collapse the bollards, Ms Stirk is worried about access for vital repairs.
She said: "What happens if your gas boiler goes and you've got an emergency? They can't get in.
"I don't think the council cares, to be quite honest. They don't want to know."
Ms Stirk said she and her neighbours offered to pay for the lawn to be paved over, but the council refused.
She said: "It's been hard work living here and if I could move tomorrow I would.
"It's upsetting everybody."
The council said it had written to Beverley Road homeowners asking them not to drive on to the lawn by their bungalows.
It said the bollards had been installed after there was almost an accident when one of the cars parked there pulled out.
Nigel Leighton, director of environment and neighbourhood services at East Riding Council, said: "The council has received a number of complaints about vehicles driving over the public footpath in Beverley Road, Hessle, in order to park on the open space adjacent to several properties.
"The council has written to local residents on several occasions to seek their co-operation in not parking here as it is causing damage to the grass verge and creates a safety hazard.
"After a recent serious near-miss, involving a car and a small child, the council installed wooden bollards to ensure the safety of residents and the wider public. A drop-down steel post has also been installed for emergency vehicles and for other access."
US wholesale stockpiles grew 0.6 pct in April - Lincoln Daily News
Stockpiles at the wholesale level stood at $483.5 billion in April. That's 25.6 percent above the post-recession low of $384.9 billion in September 2009.
It would take roughly five weeks to exhaust all wholesale stockpiles at the April sales pace. That's considered a healthy time frame and suggests businesses will keep restocking to meet demand.
When businesses step up restocking, they order more goods. That generally leads to increased factory production and higher economic growth.
Slower growth in inventories held back growth in the January-March quarter. In the first three months of this year, the economy grew at an annual rate of 1.9 percent.
The increase in wholesale inventories was bigger than economists had forecast. That could signal that inventory growth will pick up and boost economic growth in the April-June quarter.
But stockpile growth largely depends on the spending habits of U.S. consumers and businesses.
Weaker job creation in April and May could force some to scale back spending. And pay has risen just 1.7 percent over the past 12 months. That's slower than the rate of inflation for that period.
Wholesale businesses restocked faster in April - Iowa City Press-Citizen
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale businesses restocked faster in April, responding to a strong gain in sales. The increase could be a good sign for economic growth in the April-June quarter.
The Commerce Department says stockpiles grew 0.6% at the wholesale level in April, double the March gain. Sales by wholesale businesses jumped 1.1% in April, nearly three times the March sales gain.
Stockpiles at the wholesale level stood at $483.5 billion in April. That's 25.6% above the post-recession low of $384.9 billion in September 2009.
It would take roughly five weeks to exhaust all wholesale stockpiles at the April sales pace. That's considered a healthy time frame and suggests businesses will keep restocking to meet demand.
When businesses step up restocking, they order more goods. That generally leads to increased factory production and higher economic growth.
Slower growth in inventories held back growth in the January-March quarter. In the first three months of this year, the economy grew at an annual rate of 1.9%.
The increase in wholesale inventories was bigger than economists had forecast. That could signal that inventory growth will pick up and boost economic growth in the April-June quarter.
But stockpile growth largely depends on the spending habits of consumers and businesses.
Weaker job creation in April and May could force some to scale back spending. And pay has risen just 1.7% over the past 12 months. That's slower than the rate of inflation for that period.
Sluggish job growth and weak pay raises threaten to drag on consumer spending, which would weaken growth. Consumer spending accounts for 70% of economic activity.
One positive change: Gas prices have tumbled since early April. That could give Americans more money to spend on appliances, vacations and other discretionary purchases.
Many businesses cut back on restocking last summer fearing that the economy was on the verge of another recession. When it became clear that it wasn't, they raced to rebuild stockpiles and keep pace with consumer demand.
Stockpiles at the wholesale level account for about 27% of total business inventories. Stockpiles held by retailers make up about one-third of the total. Manufacturing inventories represent about 40% of the total.
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