Councillors and committees

Agenda item

ON-STREET PARKING ENFORCEMENT UPDATE

To note the annual overview of the on-street parking enforcement operation in Waverley Borough for the financial year 2014/15.

Decision:

Resolved to:

 

(i)            Note the contents of the report.

 

(ii)          Agree that the Farnham Task Group is allocated £87,378 (£77,410 plus £9,968) and the remaining three task groups £9,970 each from the 2014/15 on-street parking surplus.

Reason

 

Waiting and parking restrictions that are suitably and adequately enforced help to:

 

       Improve road safety

       Increase access for emergency vehicles

       improve access to shops, facilities and businesses

       Increase access for refuse vehicles and service vehicles

       Ease traffic congestion

       Better regulate parking

 

The local committee can contribute towards these objectives in partnership with the borough Enforcement Team.

Minutes:

An addendum to the report and amended recommendations (as subsequently agreed below) were tabled and are annexed as Annex 2 of these minutes.

 

There were concerns about habitual parking in some restricted areas and officers explained that there is a balance to be struck between deterrence and the cost of an appropriate level of enforcement.  It was agreed that task groups would consider relevant data and review enforcement arrangements.  In some areas parking enforcement was needed to ensure safe passage of buses and this would also be considered as appropriate by task groups.  Disaggregated data for Farncombe was requested in future reports.

 

The committee thanked the members of the parking enforcement team for their helpful and flexible approach.

 

Resolved to:

 

(i)            Note the contents of the report.

 

(ii)           Agree that the Farnham Task Group is allocated £87,378 (£77,410 plus £9,968) and the remaining three task groups £9,970 each from the 2014/15 on-street parking surplus.

Reason

 

Waiting and parking restrictions that are suitably and adequately enforced help to:

 

       Improve road safety

       Increase access for emergency vehicles

       improve access to shops, facilities and businesses

       Increase access for refuse vehicles and service vehicles

       Ease traffic congestion

       Better regulate parking

 

The local committee can contribute towards these objectives in partnership with the borough Enforcement Team.

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