Leicester - St Peters
Neighbourhood Monitoring
Inconsiderate and illegal car parking in St Peters
The Highway Code prohibits parking what we often witness on a daily basis in Taurus Close and many other parts of St Peters.
Examples given include blocking or partially blocking pavements and also on or close to a bend in the road.
Leicester City Council for far too long have permitted this practice.
They occasionally send the traffic wardens into the neighbourhood just to put in an appearance, issue the most fleeting flurries of tickets you can imagine and then go away again.
Why is it the case when the neighbourhood has the consistent problem with parking on pavements, yellow lines and other prohibited areas that it actually does have, does it take a specific request to get a warden up here.
Leicester City Council needs to put in place a dedicated traffic warden team over a prolonged period in this neighbourhood to deal with this issue.
Cost?... Trust me... if you wake up and take a look here you will see that the problem is so bad that once you start to issue the tickets it will actually be self financing.
The local labour party said they would deal with this issue so now that they are in office, let us see you match your words with some concrete sustained and decisive action. Lets us see you match policy with actual strategy that makes a difference on the ground in real terms. Or were you merely just talking a good line like your predecessors.
The highway code in part says.- DO NOT park your vehicle or trailer on the road where it would endanger, inconvenience or obstruct pedestrians or other road users.
- DO NOT park partially or wholly on the pavement unless signs permit it. Parking on the pavement can obstruct and seriously inconvenience pedestrians, people in wheelchairs, the visually impaired and people with prams or pushchairs.
Residents should ensure both their own vehicles and the vehicles used by those visiting them are not parked inconsiderately or illegally.
 Pedestrians in St Peters all too often have to make a choice between cleaning the side of inconsiderately parked vehicles with their clothing as they squeeze by or to walk on the road.
Serious effects of bad parking
- Causes problems for emergency vehicles, particularly fire engines and ambulances to reach their destination.
- Crime has increased in the areas that appear more chaotic and unmanaged.
- Increased pedestrian accident numbers and the accident risks have increased
because of bad parking.
The "footpaths" are for feet that is why they are called "Footpaths"
If you can not park legally or considerately close to your homes then quite simply you should park further away. It is not acceptable to inconvenience all pedestrians for you own convenience.
Article Written by Mel
Photography by Mel
Date Written March 11th 2007
Date Modified March 11th 2007
Status: In Progress
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- Local Government Councilor or politician able to influence decision making liable to bring about a resolution of this issue.
- Local Authority Manager or director of services
- A local authority employee somehow connected to the delivery of services involved here.
- A resident of St Peters concerned with the issues reported in this article.
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You can help us in the following ways on this issue.
- When your politicians and elected officials come a calling cap in hand at election time... which as sure as night follows day they certainly will... then mention this issue to them and ask them what they did to try to resolve it.
- Contact our local councilor about it.
- Contact our local member of parliament.
- Email the Housing Manager Paresh Chandarana at paresh3@stpetersnm.com
- Tell your neighbours about this article on this website.
- Parking is a has been discussed at the Management Board and is recognised as a high priority issue for resolution.... watch this space for more news on this matter.
- We have detailed this item on here to put pressure on Leicester City Council to confront the issue.
As a result of communications on this issue we have been informed the following action has been taken or will be taken to resolve this matter.
We have available to us a wide selection of options and choices to escalate pressure and action to bring about resolution of this issue.
Our future plans include media and publicity events involving local and national press as well as broadcast media. Also we have open to us a range of web search engine publicity using carefully selected keyword in conjunction with "Leicester City Council" or the name of some other agency or body who is in someway falling somewhat short of expectations.
Additional steps will see contact on this issue with elected officials.
On this issue we also plan the following activities...
St Peters Neighbourhood Management Board have issued the following press releases and statements on this issue.
Updates will be posted here on this site as they arise so check back often.
If you require further information or wish to organise a broadcast interview with a representative of the St Peters Management Board you should email us through our media and communications address. communications@stpetersnm.com
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