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Double yellow lines on Castlefields
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My Name is URL
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You're a day late... a lot of the lines went down yesterday and were there when I got home at 5:30pm
They were adding more this morning, but I doubt they were ticketing cars unless they had blatently parked on the lines... so should be a lesson learned for any that get tickets.
Last night at 5:30pm they had done the Northerly edge of Martin Drive (from the balancing lake roundabout down to the Rose Hill roundabout) and had done Redgrave Drive from the roundabout to Martin Drive.
They also had a small area coned off from the Newport Road roundabout about an extra 5m up Kingsway to stop the cars parking so close to the junction which makes sense.
They may have been doing the balancing lake roundabout today but as far as I know they aren't planning to do the southerly edge of Martin Drive or the rest of Kingsway...
I think basically its a case of "we don't mind you parking here, but park sensibly" The cars parking so close to the Newport roundabout or on the Northerly edge of Martin Drive just made things dangerous IMHO.
They were adding more this morning, but I doubt they were ticketing cars unless they had blatently parked on the lines... so should be a lesson learned for any that get tickets.
Last night at 5:30pm they had done the Northerly edge of Martin Drive (from the balancing lake roundabout down to the Rose Hill roundabout) and had done Redgrave Drive from the roundabout to Martin Drive.
They also had a small area coned off from the Newport Road roundabout about an extra 5m up Kingsway to stop the cars parking so close to the junction which makes sense.
They may have been doing the balancing lake roundabout today but as far as I know they aren't planning to do the southerly edge of Martin Drive or the rest of Kingsway...
I think basically its a case of "we don't mind you parking here, but park sensibly" The cars parking so close to the Newport roundabout or on the Northerly edge of Martin Drive just made things dangerous IMHO.
db
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haven't seen them me sen, just a friend on castlefields put the following on facebook at about 10:00 this morning:
either way, expect a letter moaning about it in this week's newsletter lol.. not from me, obv's.. probably david s. parker, or b. bradbury, or one of the other regular "contributors"
Castlefields resident who drives down Martin Drive every morning said:
either way, expect a letter moaning about it in this week's newsletter lol.. not from me, obv's.. probably david s. parker, or b. bradbury, or one of the other regular "contributors"
My Name is URL
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Ha ha will look forward to the letters....
On coming home tonight I noticed on the roundabout, they HAD actually painted around a car... I assume they will finish them off tomorrow assuming the car is gone and no one else has parked there.
There were loads of "no parking" cones down kingsway tonight, I didn't think they were going to line all of that but maybe they are....
On coming home tonight I noticed on the roundabout, they HAD actually painted around a car... I assume they will finish them off tomorrow assuming the car is gone and no one else has parked there.
There were loads of "no parking" cones down kingsway tonight, I didn't think they were going to line all of that but maybe they are....
Rikki
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Hate to say this but I get the impression that none of you locals were aware they were going to do this. If so read http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2489/contents/made as they may not be enforceable.
or google traffic regulation order as that website isnt the best explanation
or google traffic regulation order as that website isnt the best explanation
darben
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& other places too! It will just push the parking problems elsewhere round town, when's the planning department going to cotton on that stafford is a residential town and this was so before the motor car was invented, and they can't solve the town centre parking problems by pushing the parking issue around onto the town residents and already overcrowded streets.
henryscat
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There isn't a shortage of parking though. So if on street parking in and near town is properly managed then people will either revert to going in a car park or shock horror make their journey in another way.
darben
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The cost of parking is extortionate, I can't blame people for choosing the nearest free alternative but this puts pressure on town residents thus making it a difficult place to live and pushing residents out rather than traffic which will lead to the degeneration of the town making it a less desirable place to live, work & shop etc.. This by the way is already happening, other similar towns can cope and their towns are attractive desirable places to live and work, Stafford has chosen the greedy degenerative path and not looked at any other option other than putting up parking fees, the bus network is overpriced and poor and why it it poorly utilised!
Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt
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Putting double yellows around Castlefields will surely just shift the problem somewhere else where there aren't parking restrictions - people don't like paying to park and will usually find anyway they can to avoid it, especially in these frugal times. It is the same near to where I live which is close to the hospital - patients and increasingly staff as well will park around the residential streets as they try to avoid charges - as soon as a restriction goes up in one place, they simple move to other streets and so on and so forth.
Painting the Country in yellow lines, covering the Nation in "do not park here" signs are just a sticking plaster to the bigger problem - we need somehow to wean people off their addiction to the motor car.
Painting the Country in yellow lines, covering the Nation in "do not park here" signs are just a sticking plaster to the bigger problem - we need somehow to wean people off their addiction to the motor car.
gon2seed
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If you mean along Kingsway, I am not at all surprised, loads of cars parked along there! Going a be a bit of a bugbare for those 'anti -dog', rude b*^$~#+s at Stafford Rugby club! Loads of folk park on their while spectating at matches, particularly junior training & matches, but they move off when its finished. Good job they are currently increasing the parking at Rowley, but while they are at it wouldn't be surprised if they stick in some ticketing machines!
flossietoo
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I have to work in Stafford but I refuse to shop there or make any other visits to the town centre. That is purely because of the parking charges and the atitude towards parking by the Council, which clearly views it as a cash generator. I have found wardens loitering by my car, waiting for the ticket to expire. That is at 5pm - when half the car park is empty and there is certainly no argument that ticketing somehow keeps the place moving. All they are doing, transparently, is seeking to extort money out of people they know are working in the town centre.
Instead, I support the businesses in Newport where all the car parks are free. Telford & Wrekin tried to implement parking charges there a few years ago. So everyone, almost without exception, left the car parks empty. Saturday afternoon, which would normally see them full of shoppers, saw one lonely car. The shopkeepers put huge pressure on the council, backed by the local paper. A fortnight later the machines had gone. Newport doesn't have problems with people parking in residential streets because they don't need to do so. There is an excellent bus service with the interchange right in the town centre and there are plenty of car parking spaces. In fairness, the traders have also been very vocal and organised to protect their customers. That is something that, maybe, is more difficult in Stafford where the multiples don't have a local interest or a voice.
Instead, I support the businesses in Newport where all the car parks are free. Telford & Wrekin tried to implement parking charges there a few years ago. So everyone, almost without exception, left the car parks empty. Saturday afternoon, which would normally see them full of shoppers, saw one lonely car. The shopkeepers put huge pressure on the council, backed by the local paper. A fortnight later the machines had gone. Newport doesn't have problems with people parking in residential streets because they don't need to do so. There is an excellent bus service with the interchange right in the town centre and there are plenty of car parking spaces. In fairness, the traders have also been very vocal and organised to protect their customers. That is something that, maybe, is more difficult in Stafford where the multiples don't have a local interest or a voice.
Vault_girl
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For those saying that stafford car parking is extortionate I would like to point out that you can get a council car park pass - to use in ANY council car park in stafford which makes the cost of car parking severely reduced. the annual one works out as £30 per month - £1 a day to park in any council car park at any time. I'm assuming that a lot of the cars parking on castlefields are commuters who work in the town centre. I'd pay £1 a day to park more locally to my place of work - I'm guessing the castlefields people have a bit of a walk to the town centre from there. I don't think these passes are very well advertised...
tek-monkey
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You got any more info on this? A few people at my place get fleeced by car parks daily.....
tek-monkey
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Lol, ta. Just found that too! Works out 28 quid a month if you buy a yearly pass.
tek-monkey
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Bit confused at where those car parks are? The postcode for the Lammascate Gyratory puts me on Kingsmead?