Bowers Gifford parking concerns infuriate residents (From Southend Standard)
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Bowers Gifford parking concerns infuriate residents
8:20am Thursday 24th January 2013 in Echo News By Luke Lambert
Residents are furious at the continued erratic parking
RESIDENTS have voiced concerns over their increasingly congested road caused by school parents parking.
Homeowners have criticised cars who are parking on Ilfracombe Avenue to collect their children from St Margaret’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, which is on adjoining London Road, Bowers Gifford.
Karen Dopson, 45, lives on Ilfracombe Avenue and said she has seen ambulances and hearse cars unable to get up the road due to the volume of cars.
“It is crazy when you see the sheer volume of cars here. There are double yellow lines on the road but cars forgo this by simply pulling completely onto the grass.
“It is infuriating to see tyre-marks cutting up the grass outside our homes and it is about time action was taken.”
A spokesperson for the South Essex Parking Partnership said: “The Partnership has not received any requests for parking restrictions in Ilfracombe Avenue, Bowers Gifford. Ilfracombe Avenue is a residential cul-de-sac and at its junction with London Road has double yellow lines in place.”
Comments(12)
Leighdweller
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10:47am Thu 24 Jan 13
Stick some bollards into the verge, they can't park on them. Get a traffic warden or a PCSO along there at pick up / drop off and that'll knock it on the head, or rather, move the problem along to the next street.
At least it'll keep the local residents happy until the next street gets equally infuriated.
Rich{Carole
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10:59am Thu 24 Jan 13
The biggest problem is that they have to get home by 9.25 in the morning to watch Jeremy Kyle.
Miss_Independent
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11:12am Thu 24 Jan 13
f the school can’t provide adequate parking then what alternative do they have other than park along a road they are legally allowed to. Ok parking on the grass is not really on but as I said what is the alternative?
Letmetryagain
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11:25am Thu 24 Jan 13
Parking on a grass verge is really not on, unless the people responsible want to contribute to reinstating the verge.
A few strategically placed concrete blocks should solve that problem.
Maverick06
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11:52am Thu 24 Jan 13
Miss_Independent wrote:WALK TO SCHOOL!!
Yes there is a problem but the problem is not with the parents they are only doing what they have to and dropping their children at school. f the school can’t provide adequate parking then what alternative do they have other than park along a road they are legally allowed to. Ok parking on the grass is not really on but as I said what is the alternative?
Miss_Independent
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11:55am Thu 24 Jan 13
Maverick06 wrote:Couldn't agree more but can you be sure everyone is within walking distance?
Miss_Independent wrote: Yes there is a problem but the problem is not with the parents they are only doing what they have to and dropping their children at school. f the school can’t provide adequate parking then what alternative do they have other than park along a road they are legally allowed to. Ok parking on the grass is not really on but as I said what is the alternative?WALK TO SCHOOL!!
Maverick06
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11:57am Thu 24 Jan 13
Letmetryagain wrote:Quite right what you say and if the parents had a little more consideration for the residents, then the issue would not get out of control.
Why on earth should a school feel obliged to provide parking for parents cars ? Parking on a grass verge is really not on, unless the people responsible want to contribute to reinstating the verge. A few strategically placed concrete blocks should solve that problem.
The South Essex Parking Partnership are run from Chelmsford, so what would they know about this area and it's issues?
Miss_Independent
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11:57am Thu 24 Jan 13
Letmetryagain wrote:If the school provided parking or "helped" to put arrangements in place then there wouldn’t be a problem.
Why on earth should a school feel obliged to provide parking for parents cars ? Parking on a grass verge is really not on, unless the people responsible want to contribute to reinstating the verge. A few strategically placed concrete blocks should solve that problem.
I did say it was for the school to provide i said "if the school can’t provide adequate parking" then something else needs to be put in place.
Eric Whim
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12:03pm Thu 24 Jan 13
Maverick06 wrote:there are bus stops close enough to the school. Save the parents blocking the pedestrian and cycle paths with their vehicles
Miss_Independent wrote:WALK TO SCHOOL!!
Yes there is a problem but the problem is not with the parents they are only doing what they have to and dropping their children at school. f the school can’t provide adequate parking then what alternative do they have other than park along a road they are legally allowed to. Ok parking on the grass is not really on but as I said what is the alternative?
Hopper
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7:06pm Thu 24 Jan 13
I walk my son to school every day no matter the weather.
As I'm doing this I see people who live little more than a few hundred metres away loading their kids into the car because they are to lazy to walk!!
Needless to say they are usually the more spherically challenged amongst us.
The sad thing is some people actually get their over an hour before the school shuts so they can get as close to the school as they can.
Hopper
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7:50pm Fri 25 Jan 13
mikepaterson says...
9:04am Thu 24 Jan 13
This could easily be fixed by some double yellow lines and traffic wardens at School pickup and drop-off times.
Alternatively maybe there could be an arrangement with one of the Pubs for parking/dropoff.