Last year, I spoke to a number of residents in Firsgrove Crescent about the parking situation in their road.  Since the Clements Park area was yellow lined, displaced cars were making parking in that road very difficult.

We all favoured residents parking so we were very surprised when the recommendation came back with a mixture of double yellow lines and residents parking.  In my view, and in the view of a number of objectors, this would compound the problem even further and make parking difficult for Firsgrove residents.

I’m pleased to say that I have, at tonight’s Highways Panel, been able to convince the committee to go back to the drawing board and revise the proposals.  I hope this means we will get the residents/permit parking that we all want.