It’s good news for churchgoers in Binstead as proposals to introduce double yellow lines near the village church have been scrapped.
At the cabinet meeting on Thursday evening, the implementation of controversial traffic regulation orders (TROs) across Ryde, Binstead, Nettlestone and Seaview was decided.
In total, 32 TROs were proposed to address safety concerns and traffic flow in towns and villages across the Isle of Wight. However, not all were approved.
Following strong representations from the community, 3 schemes in Binstead and Nettlestone were abandoned.
It means restrictions would not be introduced on Newnham Road, Church Road and Pitts Lane in Binstead, nor on Nettlestone Green.
It will be good news for the congregation of Holy Cross Church, on Church Road, who feared the restrictions could lead to the end of the church as congregation members would not be able to park nearby. They said the double yellow lines were unnecessary and were unaware of any safety issues parking on Church Road may have caused.
Binstead and Fishbourne representative, Councillor Ian Dore, said he had been working hard with residents since the TROs were first announced and was incredibly pleased it had paid off.
Speaking after the meeting Councillor Dore said the ‘sensible and balanced decision’ stemmed from months of dedicated time, collated evidence he submitted coupled with residents’ views and their engagement. He said taking away the parking would remove a natural traffic-calming measure and vehicle speed would increase — which was a massive concern for him, especially on Newnham Road, close to Binstead Primary School.
Cllr Dore said:
“Residents should be happy that their voices were heard and their views considered. Be assured, I’ll prioritise kids over kerbstones every time.”
The other 29 TROs were approved by the council’s cabinet and will be installed, including the introduction of double yellow lines along the entire length of Mitchells Road in Ryde. For that 1 road, more than 75 objections were submitted against the plans compared to 34 comments in favour.
Common sense has prevailed for the Church Road Area.
Funny how it’s always the villages which are successful against the machine, whereas the towns get trodden on.
Perhaps they are saving the yellow paint for Great Preston rd in Ryde.
Seems to be a concern to one person that a hard working family have, on rare occasions had the necessity to park a van on the pavement whilst loading or unloading working equipment.
A whilst that working families taxes from hard graft and from excise duty on all their vehicles pay for those complaining to laze about all day in comfort with their cars rarely moving their pure ignorance calls for yellow lines to make more parking problems for this pleasant family.
So from this article it is uncertain whether the yellow lines were the idea of councillor dore or he is against it now that the locals said no thank you which is it.
Most desperate place calling out for Double Yellow lines is
outside the Council Houses along Great Preston Road on the bend,
DUE TO VEHICLES BEING LEFT ON THE PAVEMENT
VEHICLES HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE “”STOP””
It’s 2023 how can a couple of families be “ALLOWED”to bring an whole Road to a
standstill!
Where are Highways / IW Council
WHAT DO WE PAY COUNCIL TAX FOR!!!
Sense at last. How much is the dope paid to decide where yellow lines should be painted? Needs to leave it’s office more.
Get those Double Yellow lines placed along Great Preston Road
Immediately
“Residents should be happy that their voices were heard and their views considered. Be assured, I’ll prioritise kids over kerbstones every time.”
Along that narrow section of road in Newnham road lorries and cars have to park on the pavement to allow buses and RR vehicles to pass …..so prams and children often have to walk in the road to pass…also the drain is always blocked outside No 28 causing flooding …and the kerbstones are at road level too….
I’m glad we have at least this little space for cars. 99% of other infrastructure is for pedestrians only after all /s
When are the DOUBLE YELLOW LINES
being paid along Great Preston Road?????