MOST residents who responded to a survey on proposals to re-instate a filter lane at a controversial junction in York have voiced their opposition to the plans.

They were joined by the police, ambulance service and cycling campaign groups in opposing the reinstatement of a filter lane at Water End.

The lane, which allowed cars to turn left, was made into a cycle lane last year, leading to more drivers using Westminster Road and The Avenue as a cut through route, to avoid the traffic lights.

Clifton ward councillor Ken King said: “I’m incredibly surprised by this response given the strength of feeling ward councillors have encountered since the lane was removed. “We will look at the results of the survey over the coming days and analyse residents’ responses. “Far and away the largest number opposing reinstatement are categorised as coming from ‘elsewhere’, rather than from a named street, so we need confidence that these people have not responded from every corner of the city before drawing proper conclusions from the results.”

Coun Steve Galloway, the council’s executive member for city strategy, will make a decision next month on whether to reinstate the filter lane.