THE brakes could be slammed on “horrendous’ parking issues in a Westbury cul-de-sac after town councillors heard from a local resident.
Members voted unanimously to pursue the installation of double yellow lnes or a bollard in Bremeridge Road off Bremeridge Way after Lucy Harper told them the access to her home was regularly blocked by pavement parkers.
Lucy said at a recent meeting of Westbury Town Council’s highways, development& planning committee, “Everybody’s road is an issue but this is a cul-de-sac that’s really busy.
“I live off a private drive of three other houses. We have people blocking the end H-bar and access and the driveway.
“It’s the access we have the issue with – I have a mum with a wheelchair and a sister with a young child in a pushchair, so they have to walk into the road to get round vehicles.
“I would like to know what sort of measures could be put in place,” she said.
Councillors discussed the issue under their Community Area Transport Group (CATG) considerations
Chair, cllr Ian Cunningham said, “I’m certainly in favour of putting it forward as an obvious problem that’s happening to someone, with parking on their pavement.”
Cllr Shelia Kimmins seconded and cllr Brenda Pyne said, “We should consider contributing to the cost of redoing the H bar and having double yellow lines there. It would be sensible to consider double yellow lines round both corners of that entrance .”
Cllr Pyne suggested putting forward to CATG the repainting of the H Bar and the installation of a bollard or double yellow lines
Cllr Mike Sutton said, “I know what a horrendous road Bremeridge is. I think we should say we will pay for the double yellow lines or the bollard.”
Cllr Ian Cunningham thought a bollard might be the best solution and his proposal to tell CATG something needed to be done and to find out the cost of a bollard or double yellow lines was unanimously approved.
Plans to outlaw parking on pavements to improve access and safety for pedestrians – especially people with sight and mobility issues – are being considered by the government.
A public consultation opened on 31st August following the Scottish Government’s new ruling which will ban “antisocial’ parking there from 2021.
Three options are included: a London-style nationwide ban on pavement parking; improving the traffic regulation order process to make it easier for councils to prohibit pavement parking; and giving councils powers to fine drivers who park on pavements.
