Are there 166 spaces? Id be annoyed if I bought a permit & drove round & couldnt find a space.Mr X said:The Newsletter says 166 permits are to be issued.
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Are there 166 spaces? Id be annoyed if I bought a permit & drove round & couldnt find a space.Mr X said:The Newsletter says 166 permits are to be issued.
x 166 = £6142Mr X said:* plus £37 initial set-up fee.
I sympathise, and know it's a pain not being able to park your car as and when you want, but I dare say the majority of residents bought their houses, or became tenants, knowing full well that there was no parking provided. So, either pay the £45 if you want an improved situation over that when you moved in, or don't pay and don't park!ddub1984 said:As an ex-Castletown resident myself, Id gladly pay it & have the scheme. It was never so bad in the evenings, in fact a lot better than a lot of areas such as up by Marston Rd/Peel Terrace, which leads me to believe quite a few Castletown residents must not own cars. But in the day it stopped you going out in the car, as if you left a space you couldnt get one back.
However I can see peoples points that adding up all the households, what is all the money paying for. Its already patrolled daily by traffic wardens so what other costs are there, other than issuing passes, running a database (which Im sure the residents association would be happy to maintain if asked) & putting signs up. It seems like somebody must be making a profit out of the scheme. & that wasnt the idea.
Mr X said:Not quite right still! Less than £1 per week. It's just over 12p per day! I challenge somebody to find car parking for less than 12p per day.Withnail said:Oops - pound per day per year
You're quite right of course, i wonder how it compares to other similar schemes?I said:While i see Mr X's 'less than a pound a day' point
That may seem excessive, yes, but I assume that the correct number of spaces will be marked (requiring painting), otherwise as ddub points out, there's going to be frustrated residents? A considerable number of signs will also need to be made, and fitted too. As for the rest, who knows?!Withnail said:x 166 = £6142Mr X said:* plus £37 initial set-up fee.
Liverpool - freeWithnail said:i wonder how it compares to other similar schemes?
A lot of resident parking schemes issue more permits than spaces, as it is rare that all residents cars are all there at the same time.Mr X said:That may seem excessive, yes, but I assume that the correct number of spaces will be marked (requiring painting), otherwise as ddub points out, there's going to be frustrated residents? A considerable number of signs will also need to be made, and fitted too. As for the rest, who knows?!Withnail said:x 166 = £6142Mr X said:* plus £37 initial set-up fee.
It will be interesting to see if the unofficial spaces are removed too, as they presumably couldn't be made into official bays (eg here), and spaces will be lost on railway street where cars currently restrict the width of the road dangerously. Quite where the 166 spaces go I don't know, although they ought the be able to fit more on Castle Street now that there's no HGV traffic to Castle Works so very little chance of two needing to pass half way
I've just picked Andreas up in Jerningham Street and moved off sharpish when I spotted one approaching in the rear-view mirror.gilbert grape said:Admittedly I haven't been at home a lot during the working week but when I have I haven't seen a warden yet.
Trouble attracts trouble!Gramaisc said:I've just picked Andreas up in Jerningham Street and moved off sharpish when I spotted one approaching in the rear-view mirror.gilbert grape said:Admittedly I haven't been at home a lot during the working week but when I have I haven't seen a warden yet.
This event occurred at approximately 11:50 a.m. today, should you wish to record it.
We did then go and remove some valuable goods from an old lady's house, so you're probably not too far off the truth!gilbert grape said:Trouble attracts trouble!Gramaisc said:I've just picked Andreas up in Jerningham Street and moved off sharpish when I spotted one approaching in the rear-view mirror.gilbert grape said:Admittedly I haven't been at home a lot during the working week but when I have I haven't seen a warden yet.
This event occurred at approximately 11:50 a.m. today, should you wish to record it.
http://www.westmidlandsgreenparty.org.uk/stuff/AFreshStartForForebridge-ElectionLeaflet.pdfbasil said:I don't recall this parking scheme in any manifestos at local election time......
On the other hand...Tom Harris is a community and transport campaigner, known for reviving the
Castletown Residents’ Association and working for a free and fair parking
scheme for the area.
Tom and Lisa have
long been working on getting a free
residents’ parking scheme in
Castletown. “These are our streets.
People should not have to pay to park outside their own homes."
Phew! Thank God you didn't tell them that she's on holiday in Cornwall this week..Andreas Rex said:We did then go and remove some valuable goods from an old lady's house, so you're probably not too far off the truth!gilbert grape said:Trouble attracts trouble!Gramaisc said:I've just picked Andreas up in Jerningham Street and moved off sharpish when I spotted one approaching in the rear-view mirror.
This event occurred at approximately 11:50 a.m. today, should you wish to record it.
I remember Chris Barron and David Seary campaigning many years ago for this scheme. Maureen Compton campaigned when she was a county councillor and got it started again. Tom Harris caused problems because he wanted a scheme which would be free and this just wasn't going to happen. Can't remember the tories doing anything about this issue.gilbert grape said:Pretty sure Labour & Lib Dems did so as Maureen Compton put some work in and Chris Barron & David Seary also did a lot of chasing as well, of course, as Mr Tom! Ironically, I don't appear to have read any Tory info so I'm not too sure on that front and their headquarters is in........Castletown.
surely not?! that doesn't sounds at all like him lolblueshirt said:Tom Harris caused problems...