The Isle of Wight Council has reassured people in East Cowes that parking spaces on York Avenue will not be lost after an ‘error’ in paperwork led to confusion.
20 traffic regulation changes were put forward for East Cowes, to resolve safety issues, with 1 mistakenly taking away the spaces used by local businesses and customers on the town’s main road, York Avenue.
A spokesperson for the council said:
“Unfortunately, some earlier information supplied as part of the consultation process contained misleading information due to a technical error.
“The correct information will be circulated and we apologise for any confusion caused”.
At a meeting of East Cowes Town Council last week, Cllr Stephen Hendry, Isle of Wight Council ward representative for Whippingham and Osborne, pointed out 5 keys on the proposals did not correspond with what was shown and one scheme had already been completed.
He said:
“We need to look at the whole of East Cowes to work out what we need to do — we cannot look at little snapshots, because some are good but there are problems elsewhere.”
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A full review of Traffic Regulation Orders across the Island is being undertaken by the council, in partnership with Island Roads, to help sort out safety issues and longstanding anomalies on the Island’s highway network.
Draft proposals are being designed for informal consultation with the local town and parish councils and while the council says it is not a legal requirement, the authority is following best practice.
A spokesperson for the council said:
“Once this has been completed, the traffic orders will be advertised and a formal consultation will be undertaken with residents welcome to comment and put forward their views for careful consideration.”
A district by district review was agreed by Cabinet last year with district one, which covers Cowes, East Cowes, Northwood and Gurnard, coming first.
Ooop IWC. Bit of moonwalking going on there. Technical errors my Ass.
What about all the other 19 restrictions they are going to put in place? Perhaps they are all technical erors too ? Did somebody die because there are too many free parking spaces in E Cowes town centre ? Safety Issues ? What safety issiues ? Ensuring RF can maximise their profits from the new car park ? How about they make it free parking for a hour for all ?
We have issues parking as it is. Need more spaces for cars, not less. All new homes should have underground parking made, OR no planning permission. IF they did so with huge cellars in Victorian days, it should be easy with diggers.
My cat was killed on that road
Sadly all this means is that the council are putting more parking restrictions in place across the island to make life more difficult for residents and swell their coffers even more through the collection of the extra fines and penalties they will expect to reap, of course using the convenient catch-all of ‘safety’ as the excuse because nobody wants to question something apparently enforced for ‘safety’ reasons