COUNCILLORS are urgently looking at how to deal with a road described as a 'death trap'.

Erecting bollards is one of the options to protect pedestrians at busy times on Dalton's Nelson Street.

The road, which leads out of Dalton town centre and up to Dowdales School, has been described as 'murder'.

A meeting of the Cumbria County Council's local committee for Barrow heard councillors were weighing up options on how to deal with dangerous congestion and were due to visit the site to look at it for themselves.

Making traffic one-way, installing a guardrail and introducing parking restrictions are other options being considered.

Councillor Anne Burns said money to revamp Dalton's road should come from the government's £3m Borderlands fund if the town is successful with its bid.

She said: "When that school comes it is a death trap - but I don't think shoving bollards up is the right thing to do here.

"If you did some work on the car park you would get another 12 cars on there.

"They are very narrow streets and I worry about how much all this is going to cost.

"Dalton needs more than just that one street doing. It's not just Nelson Street."

Dalton North councillor Ben Shirley said the potential funding boost was uncertain and so councillors should press ahead as soon as possible.

"There are five different options to consider," he said.

"We are working on this together as a community and as an elected member."

Fellow Dalton councillor Des English also expressed concern over the safety of Nelson Street.

He said: "At school times, it's murder round there."

A report said installing bollards would cost Cumbria County Council between £1,000 and £3,000 but was likely to increase the level of congestion on the road.