Issue - meetings

A report based on the responses that have been received following the advertisement of proposed parking restrictions for Horton Road and Spout Lane. This report was requested by Committee Members following the Parking Review at the March meeting.

The Joint Committee (Spelthorne) agreed:

(i)            to proceed with the advertised parking restrictions for Horton Road and to proceed further with the request to double yellow line Horton Road on both sides between Hithermoor Road and the Garden Centre, excluding its laybys, and to proceed with the advertised parking restrictions for Spout Lane and for a more extensive double yellow line proposal, for both sides of Spout Lane, especially where it is narrowest, to be considered as soon as possible.

The Parking Engineer for Spelthorne outlined the processes that brought about his recommendation for the proposed parking measures along this road.

An alternative view was put by a local councillor for the area who had documented the problems and who had provided photos that illustrated the dangers that parking on the road could result in. His opinion was that the measures proposed in the report do not go far enough and that there should be yellow lines along both sides of the road.

Members were sympathetic to the local councillor’s view and agreed with his proposal that additional lines should be added. However they were conscious that were they to reject the proposal as it stood, this would delay any measures from being put in place until the next parking review in which time, the area would remain at risk from the dangers resulting from the obstructive parking.

Therefore, it was decided that the proposed parking restriction measures should go ahead but with the caveat that additional lines should be added as soon as possible and that the Committee should explore if there is a way to expedite this.

The Joint Committee (Spelthorne) agreed:

(i)            to proceed with the advertised parking restrictions for Horton Road and to proceed further with the request to double yellow line Horton Road on both sides between Hithermoor Road and the Garden Centre, excluding its laybys, and to proceed with the advertised parking restrictions for Spout Lane and for a more extensive double yellow line proposal, for both sides of Spout Lane, especially where it is narrowest, to be considered as soon as possible.

Reasons:

1.    The Joint Committee recognised the concerns raised and wished to implement measures to address the issue as soon as possible.