Problems with parking are probably the number 1 thing that residents contact me about. There are currently 13 streets in the ward where waiting restrictions are being considered (i.e. yellow lines) and 8 streets being considered for resident permit schemes. As I’ve said many times before there are many terraced streets in our ward datingContinue reading “Proposed Changes to Resident Parking Zone”
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Improving the Parking Strategy
On Monday of this week I attended the council’s “Overview and Scrutiny” committee. For those unfamiliar with the internal workings of the council this is a cross-party group of 15 elected councillors. Our task is to look closely at the implementation and impact of the practical things the council is doing and the policy decisionsContinue reading “Improving the Parking Strategy”
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Updating the Parking Strategy
This week I joined councillors from around North Tyneside in a series of discussions with Council officers about updating the borough’s parking strategy. Without doubt, parking is consistently one of the main issues arriving in my inbox. I’ve also found that parking issues can often be the most difficult to resolve. The problems needing attentionContinue reading “Updating the Parking Strategy”
Perennial Parking Problems
Too many cars and not enough kerbside create an equation that is tough to solve. More than half of the homes in our ward date back to the early part of the twentieth century when car ownership was practically zero. These properties are built in terraced rows, and many are ‘Tyneside flats’, meaning that theContinue reading “Perennial Parking Problems”
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