The Chair introduced the item to the meeting, invited speakers to make their addresses and responded to their points in turn.
The Chair asked officers specifically about parking spaces on Frenchay Rd and their impact on safety. Officers noted that parked cars could slow vehicles down but also had other safety concerns, such as visibility.
The Chair noted comments from the Fire & Rescue Service about the width of the road needed (3m). Officers clarified that the road was currently 2.8m wide due to Frenchay Rd being a cul-de-sac previously, but now it was a through-road, the only way to ensure 3m width was to remove the parking spaces.
The Chair asked officers to investigate whether the space that would become free if the car parking spaces were removed, could have some other form of physical infrastructure, such as cycle parking, bollards or planters, to allow the required width and safety considerations.
The Chair noted that most of the sites in question were at junctions with limited visibility.
The Chair asked specifically about Grenoble Rd. Officers confirmed that there was an island in the middle of the road, which was causing lorries stopping to infringe on parking bays with a weight limit, so double yellow lines were proposed to resolve this issue.
The Chair thanked officers for their work, speakers for their contributions and agreed to the recommendations in the report.
RESOLVED to:
Approve the introduction of new ‘No Waiting at Any Time’ (Double Yellow Lines) & amendment of existing parking restrictions, at the following locations as advertised:
(a) Alice Smith Square,
(b) Ashmole Place,
(c) Balfour Road,
(d) Bampton Close,
(e) Brake Hill,
(f) Brampton Road,
(g) Chapel Lane,
(h) Columbine Gardens,
(i) Druce Way,
(j) Field Avenue,
(k) Frenchay Road,
(l) Grenoble Road,
(m) Harebell Road,
(n) Jack Argent Close,
(o) Jordan Hill,
(p) Jowett Walk,
(q) Moorbank,
(r) Norman Smith Road,
(s) Park Town,
(t) Partridge Walk,
(u) Railway Lane,
(v) Sandford Road,
(w) Warburg Crescent,
(x) Wilcote Road, and
(y) Wilcote Road link road.