Residents may be aware of the problem caused by the recent extension of controlled parking to Marchmont and through part of the Grange. The top part of the Grange now has residents' parking and metered parking, resulting in all-day commuter parking being decanted to the south part of the Grange. I think we are also seeing some effect of that here. Following complaints from Grange residents, there now seems some possiblilty of the zone quickly being extended down to the suburban railway line.
When the current extension was proposed a couple of year's back, I represented SARA at the South Local Development Committee meeting where it was discussed. The Grange Association were pressing at that time for an extension of restrictions down to the south suburban railway line - i.e controlled parking in all of their patch. I pointed out that, if that was on the cards, than a lot of people from our area would want to make representations, including SARA. I was told by the council planning reps that further extension was not on the cards at present, but might be a few years down the line.
It now seems The Grange Association, which is very active and influential, are pushing for this extension now. That would leave us sandwiched between the parking zone and the King's Building/West Mains parking problems. Is Sara going to have a strategy on this ?
All that is achieved by the central zone being extended, is shifting the commuter parking problems into new areas. What is needed is some accommodation to spead commuter parking over a wide enough area so that both residents and commuters can co-exist, without either being penalised by strict systems based on charging and parking penalties. We are already close to the limit for resident parking in WST and the bus boarders will exacerbate the problem.

Norman Dryden

Norman Dryden

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