PLANS to introduce measures to slow traffic in an east Cleveland town have been welcomed by councillors.

Loftus ward councillors David Walsh and Eric Jackson were commenting on plans to rebuild some roads in the town to make them safer.

The work, which will start this year, includes traffic calming for Westfield estate and the Liverton Mines council estate.

There will also be reconstruction work on the A174 Whitby Road at Foulsyke, Boulby and Staithes Dip, and on the B1366 at Liverton village.

Coun Jackson said: "We constantly get bombarded at our ward surgeries with complaints about speeding cars on the town's estates."

He said the plans for traffic calming "will I believe, go a long way to making local roads safer".

Coun Walsh praised the plans in light of the chaos caused by floods in the area.

He said: "The reconstruction work of the A174 is badly needed.

"Last year's heavy rain has not made things any better and there has been evidence of subsidence on the main road east of Loftus.

"The same is true of Liverton village, which now has to contend with heavy traffic."