Residents Parking - St Annes School Area (Page 2 of 5)

I live on Mellalieu st and i am split with whether i would want the permit or not. Not because of football or the hospital they dont really effect us my problem is school times and waiting 45 min to get a parking space every school day really annoys me, so for that i would like them to put permits on our street, but agree that when family or friends come to visit it would be awkward and for that i am not wantin it.

The leaflet from the council was quite clear that no allowances would be made for visitors, workmen etc., as spare permits often end up in the wrong hands!?!?!

And a warm welcome to ST as well.

Love your writing style N.J.B. 

Steve parks email says he is out of office until 11.Aug

I live on mellalieu street and i am 100% against this parking proposal.
people park on the street to go and watch the game at weekends and sometimes during the week but its only for a few hours and i dont see the problem in that. I dont see why anyone who lives on the streets concerned should have to pay £20 per car annually its a complete joke.
My biggest gripe is in a morning when the mums and dads are dropping their kids off at st annes. Between 8.45 and 9.00 its virtually impossible to get out of the side streets and onto oldham road for the volume of traffic trying to get in. I wonder how many of them parents live within a mile of the school? Shouldn't the council be looking into that and maybe provde a drop off area on broadway?
If this goes through i will seriously consider moving to another borough where the council doesn't want to fleece me for my last penny.

That's no problem S.T    Took me an absolute age
to understand the half of the Forum at the beginning   

There are some very good points made on this thread
that may be of use to anyone involved in arguing the case

Please feel free to encourage others in the same
predicament to at least vent their anger on here

Thow do all?

First time on one of these forum things so apologies if I boob.  I’m another Houghton Street resident and I oppose the proposal!  First time I heard about it was the so called opinion poll from the council with pretty specific detailing.  I acknowledge a rise in traffic during school drop off and collections.  This doesn’t affect me personally as I’m always at work before and after, but I can sympathise for those caught up in the school run.  Adds for a bit of window entertainment when I’m on holiday though…..very little ‘give and take’ between parents.

As for the reasons given by the council to reduce congestion caused by the hospital and football…..what?  Possibly a problem in the surrounding streets but not on a fifty mile radius.  Loved N.J.B’s post and completely agree.  Council money spinning exercise.  As for me…..they ain’t getting a penny.  I don’t pay my council tax and road tax so I can pay for myself and visitors to park in front of my house!  Hell, why not TRY and charge me for having a gate or a hanging basket while they’re at it.

All in all, I can’t see this scheme changing much apart from costing local residents money.  If the council or police don’t seem to bother about kids smashing bus shelters or running wildly in the main road I can’t see them policing this.  Do’h, forgot about the fines this would generate…..forest…tree’s.  Don’t think it’s all about serving public or resident interest do you?

welcome aboard to all the newbies on this string, some good points raised there, and as Ejay and Harry have said, do stay around and join in the conversation around here.