A £10,000 scheme to provide additional residents’ parking bays in Poplar Avenue, Culcheth will be carried out during the current financial year – following a lengthy campaign by local residents and councillors.
Residents were concerned that congestion caused by on-street parking in the road could preent ambulances and fire engines reaching the area in an emergency.
Councillors Matt Smith and Chris Vobe, who took up the residents’ cause with the borough council and Golden Gates Housing, are delighted with the result.
Cllr Vobe said: “Matt and I made the case in the strongest possible terms, and left the council and Golden Gates under no illusion that we viewed this as a top priority.
“The money has come from the Local Transport Plan — a fund which is ring-fenced for improvements in the Eastern part of Warrington.
“I’ve always argued that Newchurch has not had its fair share from this
allocation in the past.”
Cllr Smith added: “It was simply unacceptable that residents were unable to park their cars safely, or were having to leave them on the road away from their own home because of the congestion.
“Even worse was the thought of emergency vehicles not being able to reach someone’s house because of insufficient parking. The new parking bays that are now going to be installed will be a dream come true for many people in Poplar Avenue.”
The two councillors sat down with officers from the council and Golden Gates Housing to bring the two parties together after both initially refused to commit to the work.
Residents will be consulted soon about which of the grass verges should be converted to parking spaces.
A £10,000 scheme to provide additional residents’ parking bays in Poplar
Avenue, Culcheth will be carried out during the current financial year –
following a lengthy campaign by local residents and councillors.
£10,000 parking scheme
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