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Settle dispute rumbles o
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A LONG-RUNNING argument about quarry traffic running through the picturesque north Yorkshire town of Settle has become so vitriolic that townsfolk want independent consultants to solve the problem.
The trucks servicing nearby Horton Quarry have long upset some residents in the town because of noise in the narrow streets.
A ban on the trucks running at night was recently agreed, but the arguments have continued, with some branding the complainers as -offcomeduns" (outsiders) who expect Settle to be a picture postcard community instead of a working town.
Haulier Mike Warren. whose family firm BM & SL Warren has been running through the town since 1940, says the protesters' suggestion that quarry traffic could use the bypass is not practical because the the route does not go near the main quarry.
He says:"The main quarry is the limestone quarry at Horton and we have to go through the town to reach it. It's not that we want to go through the town. We have no choice.Tony Price, chairman of Settle and District Chamber of Trade, is among those ca outside help to be brotq help solve the problem.
He says: "I do sympatt: the hauliers because they difficult position. Extren starting to dominate the di both sides and I think we independent consultant to suggest some soluLions."
A new road could be enable the trucks to av town centre,but it seems d Warren says: "Because w a National Park, I don't th is likely to be allowed.Thir ago maybe, but not now."