Officers will be in attendance to respond to parking and traffic issues identified on Evington Road.
Minutes:
Councillor Chaplin stated that this item followed on from previous discussions and also followed the Patchwalk held on 19th 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 a view to modifying it.
A member of the public requested that officers look at pedestrian safety issues in the vicinity of the junction of Evington Road/Dashwood Road and Rupert stated that he would take this back.
It was stated that the previously introduced Residents Parking Scheme in South Highfields was generally working well, although there were not enough spaces on Bartholomew Street and Myrtle Road and Cedar Road. To help alleviate problems some research had been carried out as to whether footway exemptions could be introduced to allow parking on footways and it was ascertained that this could actually be achieved on several streets.
A member of the public requested that officers look at the current restricted parking bays on Mere Road, with a view to allow parking for longer periods. Rupert agreed to feed this back to colleagues.
Councillor Chaplin reported that the following issues had already been raised with officers and were to be looked at: -
· Adopting Victoria Avenue
· Work to fill some of the potholes in the area
· Speeding on Evington Lane and Evington Drive
· Road markings on St. Peters Road to be re-painted
· Street name plates on Conway Road (only on one side of the street at present)
· Streets on north side of Evington Road should be alternate one-way
· Kimberley Road and Devana Road should be one-way
· Street name missing from outside 50 Evington Park Road
· Uneven pavement outside 20 Evington Park Road
· Residents at 57/59 Evington Park Road had asked for traffic flows at Devana Road end of the street to be looked at
· Gap between wall and pavement outside 7 Evington Park Road
· Speeding traffic on Evington Road
· Parking on Evington Road – install more bollards to deter parking
· Path at back of Kimberley Road allotments overgrown.
RESOLVED:
that the information be noted.