Prompted by a number of residents who have reported that because of over-subscription of permits to parking spaces in their street they are being forced to park in the next street along, I asked a question to council to see if I could get some help for residents who find themselves through no fault of ther own forced to park outside their own parking zone.
Normally it's not a problem as most people do this generally have to because they have got home late, but as they leave for work before 8am the next morning there is no inconvenience to anyone. However, traffic wardens have now started ticketing at 5am meaning that people with valid permits yet unable to park in their own street because of over-subscription are being fined for parking in empty bays in the next street down.
I tried to get the Labour council to soften their stance and be more sympathetic to those through no fault of their own caught out by the council's deliberate policy of over-subscription, but it looks like they can't help themselves. Rules is Rules. What puzzled me was the support given to Labour by the Tories for doing this. Most bizarre.
This is the list of parking zones in Katesgrove and their current subscription levels:
Street | Zone | Spaces | Permits |
Subscription |
HENRY STREET AREA | Y1 | 77 | 114 | 148% |
|
MILMAN ROAD | H3 | 48 | 62 | 129% |
SHERMAN ROAD AREA | UC | 202 |
258 | 128% |
ELGAR ROAD | H2 | 370 |
458 | 124% |
ESSEX STREET | H1 | 32 |
37 | 116% |
HIGHGROVE STREET |
G2 | 98 |
112 | 114% |
LINCOLN ROAD | H4 | 130 |
121 | 93% |
MOUNT PLEASANT AREA |
G3 | 70 | 64 | 91% |
LONDON ROAD | S2 | 7 | 6 | 86% |
BASINGSTOKE ROAD AREA | G4 | 23 | 17 | 74% |
KATESGROVE LANE AREA | Y2 | 50 | 31 | 62% |
GLEBE ROAD | G1 | 22 | 11 | 50% |
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