Accy Vic - residents parking - Page 4

katex · 11-02-2009, 21:30

I am very much against Resident's Parking, due to lots of reasons already stated on here .. but mainly I don't think anyone has the right to 'rent' space outside their house, barring all others .. particularly in our area, where streets were only originally developed for carts and horses, and there is just not the space for anyone else visiting areas to park where they have to go.

Another problem is, that due to the fact that residents are not around in their spaces during the day, (and no-one can make use of them), it is a known fact that they become dead areas, and crime statistics increase e.g. burglaries, due the the non-movement of everyday visitors.

ClarePritchard · 11-02-2009, 21:50

Anyone who regularly travels around the Queens Road/Queens Road West/Whalley Road traffic lights will know exactly what I mean by inconsiderate parking, its an accident waiting to happen (along with Lancaster Avenue and Garden Street). Any fool can work out that if you triple the number of staff using a building as has happened at the Mount, then these people need to park somewhere but it seems that these people will park ANYWHERE e.g pavements, street corners, double parked. The Residents Only parking scheme has to cover a certain size of geographical area and the areas in which there is strong support is not currently big enough. Kate, I agree that ROP is not an ideal solution but neither are yellow lines in my opinion as ultimately they stop ANYONE parking 24/7.

katex · 11-02-2009, 22:12

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Originally Posted by ClarePritchard

these people need to park somewhere but it seems that these people will park ANYWHERE e.g pavements, street corners, double parked. .

This is an entirely different issue though Clare .. if 'these' people are parking indiscriminately, then a ticket should be issued. (sure you know not illegal to park on pavements, unless completely blocking it). It is about residents complaining that their space outside their house is being taken up by 'other' motorists .. different matter.

No, yellow lines are not going to help anyone .. nobody wins then, and space is limited now with the growth of the The Mount, and everyone having cars linked with not enough car parking space provided for staff and visitors.

Of course, the overall solution is encouraging people to get on the public transport, but as seen in schemes recently in our county and Manchester, nobody wishes to sacrifice their car ride to work for the sake of the public good.

Neil · 11-02-2009, 22:57

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Originally Posted by katex

Of course, the overall solution is encouraging people to get on the public transport, but as seen in schemes recently in our county and Manchester, nobody wishes to sacrifice their car ride to work for the sake of the public good.

Not all of us can get to work on public transport.

katex · 11-02-2009, 23:00

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Originally Posted by Neil

Not all of us can get to work on public transport.

Not disagreeing Neil ... but a lot of us could.

cashman · 11-02-2009, 23:32

why could adequate car spaces not be taken into account,when deciding to use the "Mount" fer the purpose it now serves? if the grounds area was not adequate why then was a 2/3 floor car park not considered?

katex · 11-02-2009, 23:37

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Originally Posted by ClarePritchard

but the planning permission to alter the Mount car park and change of use for the building came to the planning committee just after I was elected and as a member of the planning committee I strongly objected due to the lack of parking but they got planning permission and the rest, as they say, is history. Ultimatly its the residents who suffer

Well, someone tried Cashy,

cashman · 11-02-2009, 23:55

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Originally Posted by katex

Well, someone tried Cashy,

not to get adequate parking they didn't, if claires post is owt to go off.

jaysay · 12-02-2009, 11:00

I think its the same all over places like Hyndburn where you have narrow streets built over 100 years ago when the car was only a pipe dream, but I agree with Clare there is no justification for irresponsible parking and why was the parking needs not taken into consideration. However its been well documented that motorist tend to be lazy, in as much that where my father lived in Ossy there was a car park made behind his home, where the old council yard used to be, but when the bank was open at the top of Monarch Street, bank staff would park in the street instead of walking an extra couple of yards to the car park which was and still is well signed posted