LOCAL Councillor Neil Johnson has welcomed the launch of a consultation into a possible Residents Parking Zone along Warrington Road in Glazebury, adjacent to Bents Garden Centre.
This is an issue Cllr Johnson has been working on for a long time. Last year, as reported by Warrington Worldwide, he canvassed all residents in the area to hear directly from houses affected and spoke to all those inside the proposed Residents Parking Zone personally.
Following on from concerns raised regarding overflow parking from the garden centre on the highway during pressured times of the year such as Christmas, the Council have now agreed to offer a residents parking zone for those dwellings that do not have (or could not create) off street parking capabilities. The Council has put together a consultation document that will be hand delivered early next week.
Due to the policy criteria, the Council are not permitted to offer this to dwellings with driveways and unfortunately this cannot be open to exception.
Cllr Johnson said: “I am very happy to speak to any residents once they receive the consultation documents. They will be able to see which properties this applies to via the colour coded map that will be included.
“This has the potential to be a very beneficial solution to long term parking problems in the area. I hope that the Council will take on board any feedback they receive, after which we can implement this long sought-after solution for the benefit of local people. I will work to ensure that nothing proceeds without the full involvement of residents in the area, but I think this is a very positive step forward which I have been pleased to work alongside the community to achieve. We should welcome this consultation, which will hopefully allow the scheme to progress.”
