Residents step up fight for parking permits
Leyland Today
RESIDENTS in a busy Leyland road are demanding action to prevent shoppers and restaurant-goers parking outside their houses.
South Ribble Borough Council announced plans for residents' only parking in Ruskin Avenue but locals say the proposals don't go far enough and want the scheme extended.
Karen McKeown says that the problem is as bad at night as it is during the day because people heading to town centre restaurants use it as an unofficial car park.
She said: "Another problem is getting in and out of the street with the cars parking down the left hand side.
"My daughter is disabled and we have a lot of problems with disabled access. The pavements are blocked by double parked cars and the one time I needed the emergency services, the fire engine couldn't get through."
An 81-year-old resident, who asked not to be named, said: "They double park and are up on the pavements every day. I nearly got knocked down with my grandchildren because I was walking down the middle of the road because of the pavement being blocked.
"People who don't live down here are parking and leaving their cars all day.
"All the other streets around here have restrictions, but we just get empty promises. Lorries can't even get through during the days to take our bins away."
Coun Derek Forrest, chairman of the Leyland east area committee, admitted they'd gone back to the drawing board after the public feedback.
"Ruskin Lane is a residential street in the middle of Leyland town centre. "Most of the residents who live there have issues with shoppers parking outside their homes, leaving them little or no space to park their own vehicles.
"The committee, therefore, proposed to introduce a residents' parking permit scheme in line with those we operate in similar areas nearby. This would involve allowing residents only to park outside the residential properties on Ruskin Lane.
"Since advertising the scheme, we have learned that some of the residents would like to see it extended to allow them to also park alongside the two commercial premises at the end of the street.
"Having listened to their comments we now intend to act upon them and have pledged to readvertise the scheme, with their new suggestion included."
19 July 2006
RESIDENTS in a busy Leyland road are demanding action to prevent shoppers and restaurant-goers parking outside their houses.
South Ribble Borough Council announced plans for residents' only parking in Ruskin Avenue but locals say the proposals don't go far enough and want the scheme extended.
Karen McKeown says that the problem is as bad at night as it is during the day because people heading to town centre restaurants use it as an unofficial car park.
She said: "Another problem is getting in and out of the street with the cars parking down the left hand side.
"My daughter is disabled and we have a lot of problems with disabled access. The pavements are blocked by double parked cars and the one time I needed the emergency services, the fire engine couldn't get through."
An 81-year-old resident, who asked not to be named, said: "They double park and are up on the pavements every day. I nearly got knocked down with my grandchildren because I was walking down the middle of the road because of the pavement being blocked.
"People who don't live down here are parking and leaving their cars all day.
"All the other streets around here have restrictions, but we just get empty promises. Lorries can't even get through during the days to take our bins away."
Coun Derek Forrest, chairman of the Leyland east area committee, admitted they'd gone back to the drawing board after the public feedback.
"Ruskin Lane is a residential street in the middle of Leyland town centre. "Most of the residents who live there have issues with shoppers parking outside their homes, leaving them little or no space to park their own vehicles.
"The committee, therefore, proposed to introduce a residents' parking permit scheme in line with those we operate in similar areas nearby. This would involve allowing residents only to park outside the residential properties on Ruskin Lane.
"Since advertising the scheme, we have learned that some of the residents would like to see it extended to allow them to also park alongside the two commercial premises at the end of the street.
"Having listened to their comments we now intend to act upon them and have pledged to readvertise the scheme, with their new suggestion included."
19 July 2006
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