Plea for car parking
Blackpool Today
23 June 06
CAR PARK CALL: Traders in Cleveleys claim that a lack of parking facilities is putting off customers
TRADERS in Cleveleys are calling for a new multi-storey car park for the town.
Limited space and a rise in the use of parking wardens are being blamed for a drop in visitors to the Victoria Road shopping area, according to some business owners.
Joey Blower, owner of the Sugar Sugar bar on Bispham Road, said: "We don't want to get into the same situation as Blackpool where people steer clear because of the over-zealous parking wardens.
"There is simply not enough parking in Cleveleys and what does the council do about it?
They stick three traffic wardens on the town centre and allow Asda to build a huge supermarket with tons of free parking – how are we supposed to compete?
"Visitors to Cleveleys have the choice of 383 council-owned spaces on three car parks plus some one hour on-street spaces.
Mr Blower said: "The 383 parking spaces might sound a lot but if there are 100 shops and businesses on Victoria Road then that is less than four customers each, and that doesn't include staff or tourists.
"There isn't even a coach park. Let's have a multi-storey big enough to help Cleveleys compete as a tourist resort and shopping centre."
Mr Blower believes the two-hour car park behind Tesco would be an ideal site for a multi-storey.Martin Hunns, chairman of the Traders Association and owner of the Carousel Cafe, agrees. He said: "The parking problems are slowly killing Cleveleys and it has got worse since we lost more than 200 spaces to the Jubilee Gardens development.
"The fear of traffic wardens means people are not risking stopping for even a coffee.
Cleveleys shoppers are often elderly and so take longer to go round the shops."
Brian Sager, owner of Vincent's Cafe on Victoria Road West said: "With the new Marks and Spencer opening, there will hopefully be more people coming into Cleveleys so we are going to need more spaces."
Russell Adair, from discount store Super Shopper, added: "People are understandably going other places where there is free parking and we have seen a slump in trade. A multi-storey car park would be an asset for traders."
A Wyre Council spokesman was unavailable for comment.
23 June 06
CAR PARK CALL: Traders in Cleveleys claim that a lack of parking facilities is putting off customers
TRADERS in Cleveleys are calling for a new multi-storey car park for the town.
Limited space and a rise in the use of parking wardens are being blamed for a drop in visitors to the Victoria Road shopping area, according to some business owners.
Joey Blower, owner of the Sugar Sugar bar on Bispham Road, said: "We don't want to get into the same situation as Blackpool where people steer clear because of the over-zealous parking wardens.
"There is simply not enough parking in Cleveleys and what does the council do about it?
They stick three traffic wardens on the town centre and allow Asda to build a huge supermarket with tons of free parking – how are we supposed to compete?
"Visitors to Cleveleys have the choice of 383 council-owned spaces on three car parks plus some one hour on-street spaces.
Mr Blower said: "The 383 parking spaces might sound a lot but if there are 100 shops and businesses on Victoria Road then that is less than four customers each, and that doesn't include staff or tourists.
"There isn't even a coach park. Let's have a multi-storey big enough to help Cleveleys compete as a tourist resort and shopping centre."
Mr Blower believes the two-hour car park behind Tesco would be an ideal site for a multi-storey.Martin Hunns, chairman of the Traders Association and owner of the Carousel Cafe, agrees. He said: "The parking problems are slowly killing Cleveleys and it has got worse since we lost more than 200 spaces to the Jubilee Gardens development.
"The fear of traffic wardens means people are not risking stopping for even a coffee.
Cleveleys shoppers are often elderly and so take longer to go round the shops."
Brian Sager, owner of Vincent's Cafe on Victoria Road West said: "With the new Marks and Spencer opening, there will hopefully be more people coming into Cleveleys so we are going to need more spaces."
Russell Adair, from discount store Super Shopper, added: "People are understandably going other places where there is free parking and we have seen a slump in trade. A multi-storey car park would be an asset for traders."
A Wyre Council spokesman was unavailable for comment.
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