CAMPAIGNERS battling to get lorries banned from a Worcestershire road have said "enough is enough" after ten HGV's have become stranded in just eight weeks.

Residents living on Ankerdine Hill near Knightwick say heavy goods vehicles should be banned from travelling up the narrow, winding road as they fear it is an "accident waiting to happen".

The campaigners, who have been working for two years to have restrictions imposed, have also had a geological survey carried out which revealed the section of the B4197 crosses a geological area of landslip.

Their latest cry for help comes after a lorry got stranded on the hill for two-and-a-half hours last Wednesday morning after losing traction.

"This was at least the ninth or tenth time this has happened in the last eight weeks and because it's so dangerous the police have had to be called out to many of these incidents," said Janet Martin, whose cottage in Collins Green abuts the road.

"Subsidence is a major problem and there can be little doubt that heavy traffic is increasing the instability of the road.

"And with many children catching the bus to school here, it is an accident waiting to happen."

Heard nothing

Mrs Martin said she and other residents had repeatedly informed the Highways Partnership and West Mercia Police's traffic liaison officer, but had heard nothing that encouraged them to think anything was being done about it.

"Enough is enough," she said.

"It is time for those responsible for highway safety to come down from the clouds and see what is happening on the ground."

Mike Davis, manager of the Worcestershire Highways Partnership in Malvern Hills, said various measures were in place to ease the problem of heavy lorries on the hill.

"First we have improved signage significantly warning drivers of the steepness of the hill and to get into a lower gear.

"Secondly, our consultants are doing some site investigation work to look at the possibility of some movement in the road surface and once that is complete we will be looking to carry out some surfacing work to enable vehicles to get a better grip on the road."

He added weight restrictions would be considered but that many of the HGV's that use the road are delivery vehicles.

"If this is the case then they would have access anyway."