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| Anonymous | Controlled Parking Zone | 8 | Aug 27 2009, 11:27 AM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Nov 5 2006, 7:19 AM EST
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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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| Anonymous | Parking Panel - local solutions | 1 | Aug 27 2009, 10:33 AM EDT by Anonymous | ||||
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Thread started: Aug 27 2009, 10:30 AM EDT
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Here is the text of a letter I've sent to our local councillors and to the chairperson of the Community Council
Norman Dryden ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The decision not to proceed with the S6 parking zone did mention that alternative approaches would be considered. There was, in a recent political party newsletter, mention of discussions between the Community Council chairperson and our councillors of options including part-time single yellow lines and ‘Restricted Zones’. This mentions local consultation and a report to the council at the end of September, but further details have still not reached residents adjacent to the zone. The concerns and objections of those immediately beyond the zone related not to the parking zone per se but to the overspill of resident and commuter parking into their area. These same concerns will apply to any other scheme which substantially restricts parking by other means. We would therefore have to see the plans and know the number or percentage of vehicles which would be displaced by the new proposals, to be able to gauge the effect on our area. The Council did not fully involve and inform those immediately beyond the S6 zone in the original planning procedure. Many were not aware of the possible impact and they had to be alerted by other residents taking action to inform them of the probable effects of the plans and how to make representation. If the new plans are on a scale likely to affect those outside the area, I trust that we will be fully informed, advised and consulted by the City Council and the Community Council, that the existing representations regarding overspill will still be considered as valid, and that further representations on any new scheme will be sought and considered. --------------------------------------------------------- Message length exceeded - continues in next message
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