A COMMUNITY councillor has called for the cost of road alterations on a busy Haddington street to be made public.

Speed-calming measures were carried out last month on Victoria Park – a key route to the town centre – with the road closed for two weeks.

‘Raised tables’ were put in place at the junction of Fortune Avenue, Newton Port and Victoria Park; and also at the junction of Lydgait, Victoria Park, Florabank and Vetch Park.

Speed humps were also installed between these two junctions.

However, Rab Moran, a Haddington community councillor, was keen to find out just how much money had been spent on the work.

He said at a community council meeting: “How much was it to lay the [Victoria Park] junction at Lydgait with monoblocks?

“It must have cost a fortune!” Mr Moran then told the Courier after the meeting: “I just think it seems that a lot of money has been being spent here as what they’ve done will not be cheap.

“But, if that is what the people wanted then so be it.” Mr Moran instead felt double yellow lines would have been a better – and cheaper – solution to prevent motorists from parking close to the junction.

The road alterations were made as part of the planning conditions for the new housing development at nearby Tenterfield.

Planning permission for 20 ‘amenity housing units’ was granted last July and work on East Lothian Council’s plans, made up of two blocks of flats, is expected to be complete “late 2014/early 2015”.

Ward councillor Tom Trotter was at the community council meeting and said consultation had been carried out with residents on the surrounding streets.

He said: “The road layout was looked at to allow the plans to proceed and it was felt speed calming was necessary.

“There was consultation with residents and that is the outcome.” Mr Trotter had not received any complaints about the new layout and instead felt it encouraged more responsible parking, with designated parking spaces now in place on the western side of Victoria Park.

It is also hoped the new ‘raised tables’, like those on Nungate Gardens, will stop people from parking too close to the junctions.

A spokesman for East Lothian Council was unable to give a specific cost for the road alterations but said that the entire scheme, including the housing, totalled £2,014,000.

The site of the housing development was formerly occupied by Tenterfield Cottage, which was destroyed in a serious fire in 2011.