West Howe residents still waiting for solution to road problems (From Thisisdorset)
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West Howe residents still waiting for solution to road problems
5:00pm Sunday 17th February 2013 in Latest By Steven Smith
FRUSTRATED: Residents of Acres Road, from left, Martin Allen, residents association chairman Ray Wills and Jim Hurst
RESIDENTS in West Howe are still finding their road blocked by people parking illegally, despite efforts to stop the problem.
Ray Wills, chairman of ACT Community Residents Association, which represents people in the Turbary Park Avenue and Acres Road areas, said the organisation had campaigned for double yellow lines in Acres Road since last summer.
He said lines were painted at the start of 2013, but the problem of people parking to visit takeaways close to the entrance of Acres Road was still causing residents difficulty.
Ray added: “We were continually told throughout that the enforcement of illegal parking could not be enforced until this re-painting of the lines happened.
“We have since been informed that the lines would be monitored and enforced.”
He said the council had caught one or two motorists in recent weeks, but most were ignoring the restrictions.
Ray said: “Cars are still illegally parking on both sides of the road at the entrance to Acres Road, causing great difficulty of access to and from the road for local residents and council tenants, particularly in the early evenings when shoppers use the local takeaways on the parade.
“We, as a residents’ group, have been very patient and tolerant over this for too long and feel that it should be swiftly resolved by the council.”
Margaret Leslie, the council’s operations manager for parking management and enforcement, said: “Since the council has been made aware of concerns about cars parking illegally on the yellow lines, recently reinstated on Acres Road, our enforcement team have been patrolling the area twice a day, every day.
“This includes patrols between 6pm and 9pm. We are doing all we can with the resources available and have issued seven penalty charge notices since we’ve increased our patrols in that area.
“We have also moved on vehicles that we’ve caught about to park on the yellow lines. We will continue to patrol this area regularly.”
Comments(18)
muscliffman
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6:17pm Sun 17 Feb 13
Funny how things change, there was a time when the service road in front of these very same shop buildings was used as a busy Corporation trolleybus station/terminus.
Complicated overhead infrastructure was installed here in the 1930s (remaining until 1966) to enable the yellow electric buses to turn back to town, running via Wallisdown or Ensbury Park.
Most locals did not have cars to park in anyones way back then and West Howe as a residential Estate was of course in it's infancy!
dvdr
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6:34pm Sun 17 Feb 13
What do they expect?
Abiding by the law? It doesn't happen there!
mmmmmmm
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7:06pm Sun 17 Feb 13
justsayithowitis
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7:56pm Sun 17 Feb 13
madras
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7:59pm Sun 17 Feb 13
miniminime
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9:43pm Sun 17 Feb 13
The-Bleeding-Obvious
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11:09pm Sun 17 Feb 13
Sounds as if the answer is to close the takeaways?
your having a laugh111
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11:44pm Sun 17 Feb 13
l'anglais
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7:52am Mon 18 Feb 13
Council tenants are living in subsidised properties.
I suggest the council tenants sell their cars and the gentlemen in the photo make the most of their free bus passes.
Lord Spring
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8:06am Mon 18 Feb 13
muscliffman wrote:1930 that was visionary as that was the end of the world at that time, only Wild Bill Hicock would venture past there.
Great sympathy with their problem.
Funny how things change, there was a time when the service road in front of these very same shop buildings was used as a busy Corporation trolleybus station/terminus.
Complicated overhead infrastructure was installed here in the 1930s (remaining until 1966) to enable the yellow electric buses to turn back to town, running via Wallisdown or Ensbury Park.
Most locals did not have cars to park in anyones way back then and West Howe as a residential Estate was of course in it's infancy!
The Timelord
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9:31am Mon 18 Feb 13
bigdean0
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9:47am Mon 18 Feb 13
spryte67
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10:38am Mon 18 Feb 13
Hugo808
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10:47am Mon 18 Feb 13
A lot of roads round Bournemouth have cars parked with two wheels on the pavement, this is illegal and is an endorsable offence, we pedestrians can find it very difficult to get around, can't imagine what it's like for the disabled or people with prams.
Maybe the council should employ 24 hour no tolerance traffic wardens like they do in London. Might make people behave a bit more considerately!
Mamma Troll
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11:00am Mon 18 Feb 13
stevobath
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8:19pm Mon 18 Feb 13
l'anglais wrote:What an obnoxious,Right wing,pathetic comment....as per usual from you.
Take away businesses create wealth through taxes.
Council tenants are living in subsidised properties.
I suggest the council tenants sell their cars and the gentlemen in the photo make the most of their free bus passes.
Pathetic & crass.
afcdibby
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8:27pm Mon 18 Feb 13
Peggy Babcock says...
6:02pm Sun 17 Feb 13