ePetition - speeding up the consultation for residents parking north of preston drove
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speeding up the consultation for residents parking north of preston drove
The introduction of the extension to Controlled Parking Zone J, South of Preston Drove, while alleviating the parking problems faced by residents there, has significantly increased the already severe parking pressures we face on a daily basis.
This is impacting on our quality of life, and is also raising fears about the safety of local children, as well as elderly and disabled residents; due to dangerous parking by some inconsiderate motorists, which is now more common than ever.
Our roads are now filling up earlier and earlier in the day; as some residents of the extended zone choose to park their second cars , camper vans and company vehicles on our roads for extended periods for free; and people visiting the area, or commuting into the City centre, also choose to park here for free.
We are now finding on regular occasions, that we cannot park anywhere near our own homes anymore.
We therefore ask that the consultation of our area be given the
highest possible priority, so that we are given the choice of
whether or not to opt in to a residents parking scheme.
This ePetition ran from 19/11/2014 to 08/01/2015 and has now finished.
366 people signed this ePetition.
Council response
Response provided by the Chair of the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee at their meeting on 20 January 2015
“Thank you for your petition.
As you may be aware the Parking Infrastructure Team have recently completed two parking schemes in the city with other extensions to existing parking schemes due to begin operation in early March 2015 so it is a very busy time.
Before any resident parking scheme consultation with residents takes place we need to compile parking surveys indicating vehicle duration and the road capacity. This helps officers with the detailed design for example how long shared pay & display parking should last for and the percentage of residents parking required. This has been authorised by members of the ETS Committee in a previous meeting.
The plan is currently to do these parking surveys as soon as possible but the authorisation on taking forward a resident consultation has yet to be agreed. A parking scheme consultation lasting for six weeks is impractical after early March until mid-May due to the election period and the potential issues during the purdah period which has been outlined in guidance to officers so there would not be the opportunity or time to achieve this.
Therefore I'd like to propose that the Committee ask officers to prepare a report for our next Committee on 17th March outlining the proposed way forward seeking agreement to proceed with the Consultation as soon as possible which is likely to be in the summer”.