ROAD chiefs have pledged to introduce double white lines on a road that claimed the lives of two bikers last month.

The B1257, between Stokesley and Helmsley, is known locally as the Yorkshire TT after the famous road race on the Isle of Man.

Last month, 33-year-old Adam Nunns, from Stockton, was killed when his Suzuki motorbike collided with a Peugeot on the road.

About three weeks earlier, Richard Adamson, 47, from Stokesley, was killed on the same stretch when his motorbike was involved in a collision with two cars.

Since 1990, the road has claimed the lives of 20 people, including ten bikers.

Stokesley resident Bill Lamplough, 59, is a regular user of the B1257.

Earlier this year, he wrote to The Northern Echo's sister paper, the Darlington and Stockton Times, calling for double white lines to be introduced to stop bikers overtaking in dangerous places.

Mr Lamplough has received a response from North Yorkshire County Council's corporate director for business and environmental services, Gordon Gresty, to say double white lines would be installed.

Mr Gresty said in a letter: "As part of the 95 Alive partnership initiative to reduce fatalities on our roads, North Yorkshire County Council has worked with the police to introduce Operation Halter.

"That targets police enforcement at locations that suffer from speed-related accidents and the B1257 is such a route.

"You mention in your letter the need for double white lines. We have recognised that concern and have almost concluded a detailed survey and assessment of the B1257.

"There are clear requirements as to the conditions that need to apply before we can introduce double white lines.

"We have a £40,000 budget for any works on the B1257 and, wherever appropriate, we will be introducing double white lines within that budget as soon as the survey and assessment are complete."

Mr Lamplough said he was pleased with the response.

"I have nothing against motorbikers in general, just the idiots who come up on the wrong side of the road and put everybody's life in danger, including their own," he said.

"Double white lines will help and, if there is an accident, it will help to clarify if those involved were in the wrong."