More yellow lines mooted to deal with student parking problems

2:20pm Thursday 1st November 2012 in Worcester Photograph of the Author By Richard Vernalls, @rvernallsWN #worcsnews

More yellow lines mooted to deal with student parking problems More yellow lines mooted to deal with student parking problems

YELLOW lines could be painted on roads in a residential area of Worcester in a continuing crackdown on student parking problems around the university’s main city campus.

In the latest stage of an on-going review of parking in St John’s, and particularly around the University of Worcester campus, Worcestershire County Council has revealed proposals to control parking in the area after consultations with the university and residents.

Councillor Simon Geraghty said a formal 28-day consultation was now running for people to raise any objections.

Eighteen months ago, new parking controls wereintroduced in roads surrounding the Henwick Road campus because students were parking in the residential streets – to the annoyance of householders.

The problem is particularly acute at the start of the new academic year, said Coun Geraghty.

The latest stage of changes are now proposed, with Lodge Close, Andrew Close and The Mead set to receive single yellow lines limiting waiting on one side of the road, with an additional waiting zone in The Mead to accommodate use of the community centre.

In Nuffield Close, it is proposed to lengthen existing double yellow lines to include the corners of the close – which has an S-bend layout, and where parked cars can cause problems with access.

Coun Geraghty said: “Having worked on this for the last two years, this process has been about achieving a balance between competing needs in the area but also providing some parking for visitors and people who need to be there for more than a few minutes.”

He said plans to tackle parking in nearby King Arthur’s Close and Himbleton Road would follow in a month’s time.

Comments(18)

skychip says...
2:39pm Thu 1 Nov 12

Good idea in one respect but only moves the problem. Will Councillor Geraghty consider doing something about County Hall parking.

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More Tea Vicar says...
3:15pm Thu 1 Nov 12

When I was a student, we all had bikes, not cars.

Yet I don't recall us going on demonstrations and pleading poverty. And that was in a much bigger city than Worcester.

Students can probably get where they need to be by foot or cycle, yet they all seem to have cars.

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CJH says...
3:25pm Thu 1 Nov 12

More Tea Vicar wrote:
When I was a student, we all had bikes, not cars. Yet I don't recall us going on demonstrations and pleading poverty. And that was in a much bigger city than Worcester. Students can probably get where they need to be by foot or cycle, yet they all seem to have cars.
Not everyone lives on campus or the surrounding area. Many of the students don't live locally and have to travel in for their lectures. It's those that need provision for parking which just isn't available.

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skychip says...
4:03pm Thu 1 Nov 12

Why wasn't enough parking provided on campus, the site is big enough.

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DarrenM says...
4:56pm Thu 1 Nov 12

clearly the residents are an inconvenience, Im surprised the council hasn't just evicted them yet to keep the university happy

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imustbeoldiwearacap says...
5:06pm Thu 1 Nov 12

So yellow lines are painted that may restrict student parking, but will also inconvenience residents (unable to park near their own homes!). Students have to pay to park on campus, so it's not surprising they park on-street! Perhaps it's time for Worcester to grab the proverbial bull, and introduce residents parking zones?

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More Tea Vicar says...
5:35pm Thu 1 Nov 12

CJH wrote:
More Tea Vicar wrote:
When I was a student, we all had bikes, not cars. Yet I don't recall us going on demonstrations and pleading poverty. And that was in a much bigger city than Worcester. Students can probably get where they need to be by foot or cycle, yet they all seem to have cars.
Not everyone lives on campus or the surrounding area. Many of the students don't live locally and have to travel in for their lectures. It's those that need provision for parking which just isn't available.
Good point. But I didn't live on campus either.

I suspect a lot of them have the valid reasons you state, and a lot just have a very good lifestyle, considering the horror stories we hear and the demos we see regarding poverty and high fees etc.

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Captain Thrap says...
6:07pm Thu 1 Nov 12

You aren't completely correct, the majority of cars are associated with the BUSINESS-VENTURE STUDENT TENEMENTS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL NEIBOURHOODS WITHOUT PAYING COUNCIL TAX. HOW MANY HAVE OFF ROAD PARKING PROVISION FOR THE SIX STUDENTS SQUEEZED INTO EACH ONE WITHOUT PLANNING PERMISSION !!!!! BRING ON THE YELLOW LINES AND PLENTY OF THEM

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Maggie Would says...
7:19pm Thu 1 Nov 12

Stop shouting Capn Thrap, you're hurting my ears.

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saucerer says...
8:37pm Thu 1 Nov 12

How about offering students a deal on the underused park and ride facilities and have a frequent shuttle bus service to/from the university. With the amount of bus lanes in Worcester, journey times may be quicker.

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The Dave says...
1:57pm Fri 2 Nov 12

Why not try buiding a sufficiently large, free car park at the Uni? Every time I go there, there are no parking spaces available and cars parked all over the place. As a student, I'd probably try parking on the roads first anyway to avoid being charged.

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CJH says...
2:08pm Fri 2 Nov 12

The Dave wrote:
Why not try buiding a sufficiently large, free car park at the Uni? Every time I go there, there are no parking spaces available and cars parked all over the place. As a student, I'd probably try parking on the roads first anyway to avoid being charged.
Where do you think they would build it on the site?

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iamthebinman says...
4:07pm Fri 2 Nov 12

More Tea Vicar wrote:
When I was a student, we all had bikes, not cars.

Yet I don't recall us going on demonstrations and pleading poverty. And that was in a much bigger city than Worcester.

Students can probably get where they need to be by foot or cycle, yet they all seem to have cars.
You just don't get it. If students dont get a nice house, car, iphone, ipad, laptop and five night out a week they will go and smash London up again. Build them a free car park to keep them happy. You think i'm joking?

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CJH says...
5:34pm Fri 2 Nov 12

What an aggressive, ill-informed and pointless remark from iamthebinman. Very sad.

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Malaky says...
11:45pm Mon 5 Nov 12

saucerer wrote:
How about offering students a deal on the underused park and ride facilities and have a frequent shuttle bus service to/from the university. With the amount of bus lanes in Worcester, journey times may be quicker.
A better idea would be to scrap this failed Park & Ride system once and for all, and save bucket-fulls of taxpayers money.

Another County Council failure.

How many more before the revolt happens, brothers?

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Biggles says...
11:54pm Tue 6 Nov 12

Malaky wrote:
saucerer wrote: How about offering students a deal on the underused park and ride facilities and have a frequent shuttle bus service to/from the university. With the amount of bus lanes in Worcester, journey times may be quicker.
A better idea would be to scrap this failed Park & Ride system once and for all, and save bucket-fulls of taxpayers money. Another County Council failure. How many more before the revolt happens, brothers?
I agree with you, but there'll be no revolt........we just don't do that, sadly.
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The amount of our money they waste on these public transport schemes is just shocking.
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You'd think they'd have gotten the idea now, most of the public don't want public transport.

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®og says...
5:24pm Wed 7 Nov 12

This is a problem with its roots firmly set in County Hall and is a direct result of the Councilor's greed - The University is developing all over the City but the council continue to award planning consent without car parking provision. When the University developed part of the old hospital site on Castle Road they were awarded the planning permission with 5 or 6 disabled car parking spaces. This was clearly a STUPID thing to do - but they keep on doing it. Then when the general public finally get heard the councilors faff around like wombles looking for a solution to the problem that they created. Student Parking is an endemic problem all over Worcester and until we get a few councilors who care more for the residents than the (alleged) financial benefit from the University we are just going to suffer.

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Malaky says...
9:41am Thu 8 Nov 12

This subject is closely allied to another topic being discussed at the moment, the need for a totally new and detailed transport plan for Worcester.

Parking is a critical part of that and the current arrangements were not based on the extra demands of the University.

A few more yellow lines is just papering over the cracks, we need a new and coherent plan for Worcester.

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