RESIDENTS who say rat-running is making their lives a misery have blamed changes to Kendal's traffic system.

The residents, from High Tenterfell, Queen's Road and Gillinggate, claim that since the "phase one" changes were made to Kendal's roads in 2002, rat-running through their streets has escalated as motorists try to avoid the town centre.

They claim that the changes - which included reversing the flow of traffic on Lowther Street and introducing two-way flow on Sandes Avenue have displaced traffic on to their roads, which are in a Conservation Area.

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