Proposed parking zone amendments
Comments are requested as soon as possible on a report from the Transport Department on
- parking pressures within controlled parking zones 7 and 8 and S1
- proposals to increase shared use bays (i.e. shared between permit holders and pay and display users)
- proposals to change the boundary lines between Zones 7 and 8 and S1. Effectively this will move the boundary line between zones 7 and 8 from Argyle Place to a point east of Livingston Place. In addition it will remove Hatton Place and the southern parts of Tantallon Place and Chalmers Crescent from S1, adding them to the extended Zone 8.
- proposals to initiate formal consultation with residents on a proposal to extend the area of controlled parking from the boundary of S1 up to the line of the South Suburban railway.
The report (12 pages) can be seen in full on the Council website here. The timescale is short and I will welcome any comments or representation. My contact details are on the Council website here or you can leave a comment below. If you are a ward resident affected you may wish to notify your neighbours to give them an opportunity to let me know their views.
Although the intention of the proposals is generally sound it is important for local residents that the best balance is achieved and I may not have picked up all the implications of the details of the report.
This site will be updated next week with the result of the discussion.
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vAs a resident of Chalmers Crescent I am concerned by the suggestion that we move from S1 to Zone 8. The introduction of Parking restrictions has meant a significant improvement in quality of life and most importantly safety for residents in this street which is often used as a 'rat run' for Marchmont Road. I am particularly concerned thwt it might mean a return to the end to end parking and constant circling of cars looking to park that we experienced for many years and which led to several people asking the council for parking restrictions to be introduced - to which the council replied that there was no need due to the number of properties with drives. In reality many properties are flatted and have no access to a drive.
It would seem to me that Chalmers Crescent, Hatton Place and Tantallon Place are all similar in nature to the rest of S1 and therefore should stay in S1. The only rationalle for this change that I can see in the report is that it would increase the number of zone 8 permits and that would of course increase revenue for the council
Looks like the East end of Grange Loan and the bottom of Findhorn Place are to be penned back into the corner of Zone 7. Potential shared use bays are few between there and the new proposals in Dick Place, etc ref 5.2f( if they go through).
The document acknowledges there is a particular problem ref.5.1 and then applies the blanket solution.
The natural boundary for this corner of S1 & Z7 is Causewayside/Ratcliff Terrace
I live just outside the new S1 parking zone and since its introduction have found it difficult, if not impossible, to park anywhere near my house if I dare to go out in my car during the day. I definately welcome its extension to the railway line & would happily pay for the pleasure to ensure a parking space near my house. My whole street has become a danger for myself & my kids since the commuters have migrated to my street, with their inconsiderate parking and high speed races for parking spaces in the morning. What I also find quite infuriating is the residents just inside the S1 zone who refuse to buy a parking permit for their car & descend on our street on a sunday night & leave it their all week!
Thanks for these and many other comments. It is very helpful to have the views of individuals affected. Marchmont & Sciennes Community Council reps will also attend the meeting of the Transport infrastructure & Environment Committee. The meeting starts at 10am on Tuesday 25th in the City Chambers (if anyone wants to attend) but I am told that this item will not be heard before 11am.
Cameron Rose
Having lived on Warr. Pk Terr 44 years, I owned a car for the first 37 yrs. When Parking Control arrived I chose the stamp on a 'Calendar Card' option in preference to a Resident Permit, as I only very rarely had to park within my Home Zone during controlled hours.
On retirement I sold my car and joined the City Car Club at its start. This met our occasional needs, and I hired a car for longer holiday use; I was a model for car use in a tenemented area.
My only problem was that the system was far from family friendly - when children were brought for minding, my daughters-in-law were sometimes fined for daring to stop on a 'Resident Space', in order to unload children and all their associated gear at my door. The layout required that they use a 'Ticket Space' 50 yds along the terrace, and make several trips back and forward (rain hail or shine) to carry children and their necessary luggage.
Then came the recent CPZ Ext. which has made the greater part of Warrender Park Terrace very friendly for car owning residents, but hostile to family/visitors and all environmentally friendly residents, who only want to use a car occasionally.
Most of us are not permitted to load or unload goods, passengers, or shopping (or even have services do it for us) within 100 yards or more from our door, without risk of being fined, although there is plenty of space empty there for most of the day.
At our age, some of us can't walk that far, much less carry stuff. I fear that the City Officials responsible for this (regretably aided and abbetted by the last team of City councillors) has boobed very badly on this score, and I will certainly be campaigning for support on this issue from wherever I can raise it.
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