Removing single yellow lines & parking restrictions from High Street

This is a copy of an e-mail I have sent re my objection to removing the parking restrictions on High Street. I did not see the original letter as explained in the first para. I am exploring how to put together a formal objection.

Re: Removal of single-yellow line waiting restriction High Street, Tunstall

Petition ref SOT14059

Councillor Casework ref SOT13026

Dear Steven Morgan,

As someone who lives on High Street  I very greatly object to these proposals. The house (no. 441 High Street) is split into 2 flats and only one letter (as on this occasion) has been delivered and I did not see the previous one (probably taken by the landlord’s agent), so I had no idea this was other than some ridiculous notion from some people who brought a petition round. I just wonder if you as a Council Officer have looked at the situation, especially at a busy time (3.30pm-6pm) or a time the road is heavily used such as when it rains or the M6 or A500 is closed.

Parking during the day on the west side of High Street will create a bottleneck at all times of the day, as they do now, for larger vehicles, such as buses (8 an hour) and trucks, and those large vehicles who use the bodyworks, heavy haulage and wood supply companies; especially if vehicles are parked on both sides which will be legal. Even more drivers will opt to use the side streets to get through as happens now when the road is blocked or busy. 

That endangers many people.

There is already considerable noise from queuing vehicles as the parking restrictions stand now, if parking is allowed all day then even small vehicles will be unable to easily pass each other due to the width of the road. Then there is a safety issue for pedestrians wishing to cross the road, especially children from the school and local families, trying to cross to the bus stop for instance, or ‘hidden’ between parked vehicles. The road will become a bottleneck and effect traffic back both north and south rather than the comparatively free flow it has now.

If for some mad logic this is going to take place then you will have to put a double yellow line on the east side of the A50 to ensure free flowing traffic, businesses on the east side should not be effected as all have large parking spaces. I would prefer that both sides had a double yellow line but know this will not happen.

I feel that this has happened because of parking in the streets leading off High Street by High Street residents causing an inconvenience, however I don’t think they have looked at the wider issues and certainly do not suffer from the noise levels of queuing traffic at busy times. A strictly upheld residents permit scheme would serve to help that issue. 

Yours sincerely,

Timothy Diggles