A Gargrave resident has complained about vehicles speeding past his home despite traffic-calming measures being in place.

The Highways Agency introduced a £200,000 traffic-calming scheme into the village two years ago with gateways at each approach to the village, rumble strips and 30 mph signs.

Ghost islands were also introduced at various junctions, pedestrian refuges were created, the summer seat area was paved, and the road was landscaped to make it look narrower.

However, despite these measures, resident David Simpson told the Herald this week that the scheme had failed at one end of the village as motorists were still driving at dangerous speeds past his home on Skipton Road.

Mr Simpson, 58, who lives on the new Chapel Court development, said: "Gargrave traffic calming on the A65 Skipton Road, East Street-Eshton Road area does not work.

"The entrance to the village from Skipton is a particularly wide road, causing speed limits, in both directions, to be widely abused, thus making the area extremely dangerous to pedestrians.

"The new housing development at Chapel Court now further adds to these dangers.

"Additionally, the newly planned housing development across the road at the junction of East Street will increase the problem. There are also two adjacent bus stops adding to the danger."

He added it was a "busy location which demanded action" and that he was fully aware of the dangers of speed limit abuse as he crossed the road with his dog about six to eight times each day.

Mr Simpson added the traffic calming introduced at the other end of the village on the A65 from Settle at the West Street and Church Street area had worked well and he would like to see a similar pedestrian refuge and road narrowing near his home.

He said: "By what act of logic did they not replicate what they had done at West Street and Church Street?"

Members of Gargrave Parish Council have supported Mr Simpson in his complaints and said they would contact the police about the speeding problem.

Parish council chairman Alan Simpson said: "People do tend to put their foot down when they come round the corner from the Swan.

"If you're driving at 30mph out of the village towards Skipton, it's not unusual for another motorist to be very close behind you."

However, he added he thought the traffic calming in the village had been very beneficial and there was less speeding by people coming into Gargrave on the two approaches into the village.

Highways Agency route manager Graham Dakin said it was policy for a survey to be carried out to see how successful traffic calming schemes had been every three years.

"We collect data for three years after the scheme has been completed and then review the accidents and speeds and compare them against the records before the scheme was carried out.

"Generally a period of less than three years is not long enough to establish trends in accidents but we would of course address any particular accident clusters occurring within the three years."

He said no such situation had been identified concerning this road and added the enforcement of speed limits should rest with the police.