ePetition - Please make zone J work for people south of the railway
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Please make zone J work for people south of the railway
We are concerned about the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) zone J
south of the railway line (i.e. between Viaduct Road and Ditchling
Rise). The original advantage of the CPZ was that the residents
could park during the day, and overnight within reasonable walking
distance of their homes. When the CPZ was introduced there was a
massive benefit.
Zone J is now huge. Since the extension of zone J north of the
railway line we have found that if we go out in the car,
particularly in the evening, we again find ourselves unable to park
within the area when we return. We believe that movement within
zone J is a significant factor in this.
When we voted for this CPZ we thought it was just for us residents,
we were never told that other people from other neighbourhoods were
also going to be able to park here in future, and we have never
been consulted on this matter.
Please can the Council take steps either to divide zone up into
smaller areas along the railway line, or use some other method to
bring back the benefit that we voted for.
This ePetition ran from 15/06/2018 to 25/06/2018 and has now finished.
16 people signed this ePetition.
Council response
Response provided at the Environment, Transport & Sustainability Committee on 26 June 2018:
“Thank you for your petition and I’m sorry to hear
about the parking problems being encountered and I think it is the
case that these schemes need to be reviewed after they’ve
been in operation for a length of time.
Members of this Committee agreed a timetable up to 2020/21 in
October last year which includes reviews of new parking schemes and
we gave permission to those parking schemes, most notably in the
Hanover & Elm Grove area on the basis that they would be
reviewed after a year of their operation so we have to honour that
commitment .
The timetable is based on a number of factors including the need to
plan the extensive consultation work in the areas agreed which puts
a lot of pressure on officers both at a project management and
senior level.
However, we will be reviewing this timetable in light of recent
requests and an update report will be presented to the ETS
Committee next year which will include a review of Area
J”.