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County pause further Resident Parking Schemes
Team Romsey candidates for the 2020 elections, Paula Downes, Sam Dyer and Dave Baigent have spoken out against County Council’s decision to suspend implementation of agreed resident parking zones.
Efforts to bring Romsey West into the Resident Parking Scheme (RPS) were ambushed by County Councillors yesterday when they went back on their agreement to endorse the RPS Policy which underpins the delivery of RPSs across the county. This was previously endorsed by the Cambridge City Joint Area Committee (CJAC) on 24 January 2017 and approved by Highways & Community Infrastructure Committee (H&CI) on 14 March 2017.
Full details of the report to yesterdays meeting are available here
This is a major setback for efforts to reduce the pollution in Cambridge City by reducing free parking for commuters
In particular it is a setback for the residents in Romsey West, which is currently suffering from an increase in commuter parking following the implementation of the Coleridge West scheme.
In this area many residents have given up their cars on the basis that they want to reduce their carbon footprint. Imagine how upset they must be when they now find the spaces they no longer occupy are being taken by commuters.
There was also a very real hope that once resident parking was introduced that pavement parking could be reduced. Now this ‘dream’ is shattered.
There is an argument that these spaces are needed by people who are forced to move out of Cambridge and cannot afford to pay for parking. The substance of this argument is greatly reduced when you see large SUV’s and expensive cars touring your roads and eventually parking in them.
In this area many residents have given up their cars on the basis that they want to reduce their carbon footprint. Imagine how upset they must be when they now find the spaces they no longer occupy are being taken by commuters.
There was also a very real hope that once resident parking was introduced that pavement parking could be reduced. Now this ‘dream’ is shattered.
There is an argument that these spaces are needed by people who are forced to move out of Cambridge and cannot afford to pay for parking. The substance of this argument is greatly reduced when you see large SUV’s and expensive cars touring your roads and eventually parking in them.