CONSULTATIONS to decide which improvements should be implemented as part of a £330,000 traffic scheme have received an enthusiastic response.

From Monday to Saturday last week, an exhibition was staged at Brotton Library, in east Cleveland, setting out traffic management proposals to come into effect after the final £3.1m phase of the Skelton and Brotton bypass is completed in December.

The bypass, which will re-route traffic away from the centre of Brotton, will allow the area to be developed for pedestrians, cyclists and the disabled.

During the consultations, local people were asked to decide on their favourite measures from a list proposed by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council.

Andy Hyams, the council's deputy director of technical services, said so many people turned up to express their views that the exhibition had to be extended.

"More than 100 people came on one day alone to speak to the two engineers who are working on the scheme," he said.

Mr Hyams said it was too early to say which measures would be adopted, but he hoped a Government grant would pay for people's top choices.

"We are bidding for money from the Government," he said.

"I expect to know how much I have available by Christmas."

Among improvements likely to be carried out are the building of speed humps and cycle paths.