PLANS to reduce the number of speed humps in a residential area of Scartho have prompted a mixed response from residents.
The proposals, which will be put out for public consultation, will see four of them taken out and replaced by 20mph road markings.
It follows a petition by residents, who complained that the brick-built humps were too severe and caused damage to vehicles.
But while one petitioner said taking out three of the humps was "better than nothing", another said it did not go far enough.
The petition covered Southfield Avenue, Southfield Road and Eastfield Avenue, which have a total of ten speed humps.
Those earmarked for removal are the hump next to 7 Southfield Road, the hump next to 31 Southfield Road, the raised table at the junction of Southfield Avenue and Croxby Road, and the hump next to 4a Southfield Avenue.
When the petition was presented last December, the council's portfolio holder for environment Peter Wheatley acknowledged that the bumps were "severe" and asked if they could be removed or altered.
Now, following an examination of the road, principal traffic engineer Dave Poucher has confirmed that the humps do not exceed the recommended height of 75mm.
However, he told a meeting at Grimsby Town Hall that some of the humps could be removed at a cost of around £30,000.
Mr Poucher said: "Regulations say you can reduce the spacing between features, but they do recommend that spacing in excess of 150 metres should be avoided and 75 metres is the recommended distance.
"Our road safety engineer has said we could take out some of the humps and replace them with some road markings to emphasise the 20mph limit, as we did on Ainslie Street."
Mr Poucher revealed that no injury collisions had been recorded by police since the traffic calming measures were introduced in 2001.
He added: "It's a half-way house. It's getting rid of about half the features, but there's a cost implication. We could do that work for around £30,000."
