Local residents and those those who work in the town will have the chance to have their say on parking problems in Wilmslow and proposals being put forward by Cheshire East Council to help resolve them.
Representatives from Cheshire East Council met with town councillors ahead of their public meeting on Monday, 21st January, to provide a progress update for developing a parking strategy for Wilmslow.
The Council has recently completed a review of the public parking provision in the town aimed at providing a coherent whole-town approach to parking management that meets the needs of residents, businesses and visitors and delivering a set of interventions that can be introduced to address proven local parking problems.
The recent survey involved completing a set of scoping surveys to assess the extent and scale of parking problems, parking surveys which were carried out on Tuesday 18th and Saturday 22nd September 2018 between 7am and 7pm, as well as beat surveys and parking questionnaires.
The Council also reviewed their complaint log in regards to parking within Wilmslow which showed that 150 complaints were made between 2015 and 2018, with most complaints being made about Alderley Road and Buckingham Road.
The survey also revealed that over the last three years, two streets - Hawthorn Lane and Water Lane - had over 400 PCNs issued and that there is a high usage of both short and long stay parking with permits accounting for 18% of long stay car parking spaces, ranging from 8% at Broadway Meadow to 31% at Spring Street.
The Council has now completed a review of possible interventions and an initial list of possible measures has been prepared, many of which it says are potentially capable of implementation in the short term and will be sufficient to mitigate the pressures in the short to medium term.
However, as the town sees further growth the Council acknowledges there is a need to define opportunities for increased parking provision, either at private sector car parks or additions to the existing Cheshire East Council's public parking stock.
These possible measures will form the basis of a 4 week public consultation which is scheduled to commence on 30th January. This will include a public exhibition which will be staffed by representations from Cheshire East Council at Wilmslow Parish Hall on Wednesday, 30th January.
Further information about the consultation and proposed measures will be published on wilmslow.co.uk shortly.
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These endless rounds of meetings and public consultations (the results of which they ignore) serve only to distract us from the fact that they're incapable of making decisions and taking effective action about anything. Roll on May*.
*That's a reference to the local elections and nothing to do with the PM and ground levelling machinery.
Clarity = Obfuscation
Saving = Overspend
Consultation = Charade as their decision is already made.
When you additionally consider the excessive revenue CEC already collect from parking in Wilmslow and their published intent to raise parking charges.. it appears a pointless exercise... (evidenced by all previous CEC consultations Local Plan etc )
Cllr Fox has identified the meaningless extent of the parking survey on previous thread-https://bit.ly/2S8BT5i
I predict at some stage in the distant future ... Lyme Green or Yellow Lines on Alderley Road and imposed punitive parking costs to force workers / commuters / shoppers / residents / businesses out of our fine town.
Please prove me wrong !
Must be some serious parking problems along there. Just curious why Sundays with so little enforcement Mon-Fri. Am I missing something?
Hopefully the consultation will clarify.
Parking is an issue as you come out of the centre too, with Buckingham Road being turned into a single lane with cars double parked along most of its length. Top Gear should made aware, it could be used as one of their challenges to get from one end to the other in a reasonable time.
Have to say I'm a bit confused with the article stating "as the town sees further growth", looks more like it's heading the same way as it was back in 2008 when many of the shops were festooned with 'To Let' boards.
On an aside, I just signed the petition at changecheshireeast.co.uk in the hope that it makes a positive difference.
I’m not signing the Cheshire Brexit petition. It’s about as well thought out as the national referendum was.