AN investigation has been launched into traffic in Pickering.

Locals have been asked to help decide how the town's roads will be laid out over the coming years.

Questionnaires, information leaflets and a week-long exhibition will help collect residents' opinions.

Among the proposals is a controversial scheme to close some of the town's roads on market day.

Stallholders say the busy traffic is a potential danger to pedestrians, and police have backed their fears.

Information leaflets will be sent to all Pickering properties.