The length of Shay Lane, in Forton, near Newport, from Eccleshall Road to Wharf Road, Adbaston, is closed in order for the temporary repair of a collapsed culvert.Residents and motorists have been left frustrated by the closure. A written petition, with more than 600 names, along with an online one including 200, has been delivered to county councillor Mark Winnington calling for the closure to be looked at.
The issue will be discussed at the next meeting of High Offley Parish Council, which takes place at 7.30pm on Thursday at Woodseaves Village Hall. "The vast majority of those signatures were collected in a 10-day period, just three or four hours at a time so it was by no means was it an extensive petition signing.
"They are now likely to be incurring extra costs over and above the rising cost of living while residents are incurring extra costs with miles covered and extra depreciation to their vehicles due to poor conditions of the surrounding lanes.