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A NEW E9,000 lorry park with room for 30 vehicles in Bridge Street, Stalybridge, is being ignored by drivers who prefer to leave their vehicles outside their homes in town centre housing estates. The lorry park was built because of complaints that streets were being obstructed by lorries parked overnight.
Tameside Council which built the park and police are appealing to drivers to use it.
A spokesman for Tameside engineer's department said: "We need the drivers' cooperation if this park is to work. So far the response has not been good."
A police spokesman said: "We have trouble with the lorries, particularly at night when they are parked without lights."
The park has, however, solved some congestion during the day. Drivers from local factories leave their cars there instead of in the surrounding side streets.