POLICE are to investigate complaints of speeding in two villages.

Concerns were passed onto police ahead of a recent Dunbar and East Linton Community and Police Partnership (CAPP) meeting.

Constable Gavin Ross said: “There have been complaints of speeding in the Stenton area and in Innerwick.”

It is not the first time that complaints have been made about speeding in Stenton. Last year, Janette McDonald, from East Lammermuir Community Council, raised the issue.

Michelle Mallen, of Main Street, said: “It has been ongoing for years but seems to have got a lot worse.

“There has always been speeding but they tend to take off past the church and some are doing 60, 70, 80mph.”

Meanwhile, Donna Collins, who lives near Innerwick and is also a member of East Lammermuir Community Council, said there were problems with speeding in and around the village.

Calls had previously been made to extend the 30mph limit in the village, while there are also moves being considered for a driver feedback sign, which flashes up the speed of approaching vehicles, to be installed.

CAPP members agreed to make the issue one of their priorities.

Meanwhile, police are to carry out speed checks in and around Haddington after a number of complaints.

Concerns have been raised at recent community meetings about speeding vehicles on Haddington’s Haldane Avenue and Dunbar Road.

Furthermore, residents in Gifford and Athelstaneford have also spoken out about motorists speeding.

PC Lynn Black, who chairs Haddington and Lammermuir Community and Police Partnership meetings, said she and colleague PC Lorna Bairden were aiming to utilise speed guns to see if there was a problem.

She said: “If there are any complaints about speeding we can go round quite a few locations when we are out and about.”