A lockable barrier has been installed at a car park in Hessle after anti-social behaviour (ASB).
Drivers have been congregating in the mill car park on Hessle Foreshore in the evenings, playing loud music, sounding their horns and leaving litter, according to East Riding of Yorkshire Council.
Humberside Police said a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) had also been put in place to reduce incidents of ASB in the area.
Neighbourhood Policing Insp Matt Wilson said: “Anti-social behaviour in any form is unacceptable and we’ll continue to use every tool at our disposal to disrupt those who choose to disrupt our communities.”
The car park already had a barrier, but it was not locked. Following a successful trial that saw reports of ASB fall after the barrier was locked, the East Riding Community Safety Partnership agreed to fund a permanent automated barrier.
Hessle Ward councillor John Bovill said: “There’s been a bit of problem for quite some time now regarding anti-social behaviour in the mill car park.”
He added: “We’ve had people with high-powered cars driving around there doing doughnuts and revving their engines.”
Bovill said he had “very high hopes” the new barrier would “finally solve this problem”.