PENSIONERS in Lymm are calling for the borough council to get their skates on and sort out a zebra crossing outside their home on Booths Hill Close.

A group of people aged in their 80s and 90s from Booths Hill House are protesting over the number of lorries that go whizzing past their homes stopping them from going to the Spar shop over the road because they are worried about being mowed down.

80-year-old Doris Harper rounded up angry pensioners and took to the streets earlier this year and the council is now looking into the possibility of putting a zebra crossing on the road.

Howard Claxton, traffic management and road safety manager at the borough council, now says it is assessing a request for a zebra crossing but it could take up to two years, and Doris wants them to hurry up.

She said: "There's no point in protesting for something two years ahead. We need it now. You wouldn't believe some of the things the drivers do, they reverse huge lorries and go the wrong way up the road, it isn't on with the school and the two churches being nearby.

"I want them to put it at the top of the list and get it done as soon as possible."

Mr Claxton said the need for the crossing would be assessed by taking into account the surrounding environment, looking at safety aspects and at the people who use the road.

The fact that there is a school, a shop and elderly residents on the road would move it up the list in terms of priority.

He said: "The priority system tends to support putting a crossing in at some point, this could be in six months or two years time.

"We are developing a change to the layout to make it look like a normal road which will improve conditions."

Clr Sheila Woodyatt, who has been sending letters about the pensioners' plight since it was highlighted in the Guardian earlier this year agrees with the residents.

She said: "This should be a matter of high priority.

"I would like to see it put in place sooner rather than later. I've campaigned for improvements in this area for ages.

"I welcome the news that they are going to do something, but not if it is going to take two years.

"When you think of what the criteria are it should be right at the top of the list."