Parking in Rhyl.
What an absolute disaster this situation is.
There are double yellow lines along Wellington Road, yet if I’m driving along the one-way street I have to check there is nothing to my left before moving into the next lane if I want to progress.
Why? Because in its wisdom the council has allowed disabled motorists to park along the right hand side.
It’s one of the stupidest things I’ve ever seen. Stationary motors up and down the High Street and Russell Road, even on the pedestrianised area because people can’t be bothered walking the extra 300 yards to stuff their faces at Subway.
Denbighshire County Council has carried out a review of existing parking restrictions and is proposing new plans that cover streets in an area with set boundaries.
The boundary to the north is by the West and East Parades, the boundary to the east is Bath Street and Grange Road.
The south is by the railway line and the boundary to the west is Crescent Road, Vaughan Street and Elwy Street.
The main purpose of the proposed new restrictions is to ensure that identified traffic management and road safety issues are addressed by appropriate prohibitions of waiting, loading and unloading and to allocate the remaining road space where on-street parking can be allowed for time limited waiting periods and/or permit holders, loading only, disabled badge holders and taxis.
Information will be posted on the affected streets until this Friday (April 4), and then what?
Some say the council are to blame for this situation, but ignorant drivers are also at fault.
Last week I saw a guy get out of his car, skip across the road and into the bookmakers. If he can jog across the street he can park half-a-mile away.
Then again, there are no spaces anywhere near the town centre, and this was one bad egg. Many disabled drivers could not walk that far.
Here’s a solution. Demolish the Bee and Station pub near the town’s railway station and replace it with 20-30 parking spaces. That would account for the motorists sprawled across this area of town.
The pub has been closed for over 10 years, what are they waiting for, the arrival of Stringfellow’s? Knock it down for goodness sake, it’s an eyesore, we need parking spaces and if that’s the first thing tourists see when they get off the train I’m surprised they don’t turn around and go home.
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FAYE LONG wrote...
I could not agree more with Martin Williams comments, I have to pay just to come to work every day in town as there is no parking spaces availiable.
I often have found myself sprinting to the car park to put more money in before the dreaded traffice warden arrives.
Posted by: FAYE LONG | April 1, 2008 4:45 PM