Issue - meetings

Officers will be in attendance to respond to parking and traffic issues identified on Evington Road.

Councillor Chaplin stated that this item followed on from previous discussions and also followed the Patchwalk held on 19^th August 2013. Sue Castle, representing Traffic  Enforcement attended the meeting to respond to issues raised.

Sue reported that, over the previous 3 months, some 167 visits had been made to Evington Road by Traffic Enforcement Officers and this had resulted in just over 30 tickets had been issued. Vehicle Driveaway tickets were in the process of being introduced to combat those drivers who have parked illegally and had driven off before a penalty ticket could be issued. Currently, in Leicester if a vehicle was parked on a double yellow line subject to no restrictions, there was a requirement that there was a 5 minute observation time prior to issuing a penalty ticket, hence the implementation of a Driveaway Ticket.

Parking outside schools was a problem across the whole City and work was being carried out by the Police at several schools whereby officers were working in liaison with the schools and parents in an effort to dissuade them from parking initially, followed by letters to individual parents, then leading to penalty tickets being issued for failure to follow advice given. It was hoped that this would be rolled out across the City. Further problems of parent parking were around the parking in bus stop bays and this had been raised at the Bus Users Panel.

The Chair questioned how many enforcement officers actually patrolled Stoneygate on a regular basis. Sue stated that this would vary on a daily basis and was dependant on the staff rotas for a particular day. The plan was that the City Centre was patrolled every day and the surrounding areas were covered on a rota basis, some 3 visits per week.

Councillors Desai and Chaplin stated that they would put in a request to try and get the 5 minute observation period changed and also request that an observation day at Mayflower School and Evington Valley school be undertaken by traffic enforcement officers. It was further stated that Wards bounding the City Centre and not subject to Residents Parking had permanent car parking problems that needed addressing.

Rupert Bedder, representing Highway Maintenance reported that he had recently been liaising with local Ward Councillors to assess what work was required and had identified plenty of issues relating to drainage and provision of bollards to prevent parking in certain locations.

Residents Parking Schemes were under consideration on several streets in the area, including Kimberly Road and Evington Valley Road. Footway maintenance was planned for Stanley Road. Victoria Avenue was to be adopted as a public highway and issues around street lighting on Evington Footpath would be looked at. Following the Patchwalk officers had been asked to look at amending the existing one-way systems on the south side of Evington Road and look to introduce a similar system on the north side of Evington Road. The speed cushion on Kimberley Road was to be looked at with  ...  view the full minutes text for item 19