Published: Tuesday, 12th August, 2008 11:00
More parking spaces on the cards for Windsor
By Inderdeep Bains
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ONE-way traffic could be introduced in some streets and more double yellow lines could be disappearing in Windsor as the Royal Borough attempts to create additional parking spaces for residents.
Consultation is now underway with people living in Keppel Street/Helena Road and Oxford Road to get their views on a proposal to introduce one-way traffic in their streets. This would mean that double yellow lines on one side could be replaced with a single yellow line and open up extra residents’ parking for the peak evening and weekend periods.
Three options are on the table for residents’ comments in each of the streets – two covering the direction of one-way traffic and a third retaining two-way traffic but looking for other ways of creating more parking spaces.
Cllr Colin Rayner, lead member for highways, transport and environment, said the council’s detailed review of options on a street by street basis was resulting in creative ways of boosting parking for residents.
He said: “We are literally exploring every avenue. Residents are sensible enough to know that we can’t fit a quart into a pint pot and Windsor simply does not have room to accommodate the considerable demand. However, since national government has now made this council enforce parking we are being innovative and bold in our approach to the problem. Since the beginning of this year we have freed up over 200 spaces already – and the work continues.
“My message to residents is: If you have yellow lines in your street and think there is not a good reason for them being there, contact the council and we will add them to the list for investigation for removal.”
Cllr Rayner said the council’s draft parking strategy for the town would soon be going out for public consultation and it was important to get everyone’s input about how the council could make Windsor better for residents, businesses and visitors.
He added: “In the meantime, we want people in Keppel Street, Helena Road and Oxford Road to come forward with their views about the one-way traffic proposal, so that we can decide whether these are worthy of taking forward and then we will consider the wider implications.
Consultation leaflets have been delivered to all residents in the three streets, with responses invited by August 29.
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