An angry family has slammed council bosses, saying new parking restrictions outside their home have forced them to park more than a mile away.

Matthew Gray says Salford Council has refused his request for a parking permit on his own road.

The parking bays restrict motorists to two hours parking on Half Edge Lane, in Eccles, between the hours of 10am - 4pm, including on bank holidays.

Matthew works as a gas engineer, while his sister Rachel and her partner John both work at Manchester Airport.

The shift workers say they have been forced to park their cars more than a mile away from their home since the new bays were installed.

He says he and his sister have been hit with countless parking fines over the last 18 months.

Matthew has lived on the road, near Salford Royal Hospital, for 20 years. He said: “We then have to walk back in the middle of the night which I don’t think is safe for my younger sister.

“When enquiring to the council they refused to give us permits to park outside our own home.

“We are at the end of our tether with this dire situation after receiving countless parking fines. I think it’s outrageous the way the council are treating us and I really don’t know what they expect us to do.”

His mum Joy says all residents on the road have been affected by the changes.

She said: “None of us can park outside our own home.

“My daughter works shifts and usually gets home at around 6am or 7am. She either has to leave the car somewhere else or set her alarm to move it.

“Her partner John lives with us and also works at the airport too. We’ve all got the same problem.

“Matthew got a ticket again last week and we have been told the situation is under review.

“The neighbours have all been affected too - it’s the whole street.

“The changes were made in a few stages and all the other surrounding streets have been given parking permits - four per household. But we’ve been told we can’t have them and we don’t know why.

“If we park around the back streets people get irate because we’re parking outside their houses and taking up their spaces. It’s an awful situation.”

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Joy says Eccles Councillor Peter Wheeler has been working to help her family but said they have been told the parking situation on the street is due to be reviewed.

Councillor Derek Antrobus, of Salford City Council, said: “Residents of Half Edge Lane requested these measures in 2014 to stop commuters parking there all day.

“We will review the issues the Gray family have raised.”