Parking on Kingsway Roads
Whilst I absolutely appreciate the difficulties with limited parking with some of the houses in the Kingsway development, there are a number of roads - for example Thatcham Avenue - which cause great concern to me, as I’m sure it does to other residents.
The roads are marked with double-yellow lines that are ignored (having spoken to the council and police it is the responsibility of the developers to enforce these yellow lines whilst the roads are unadopted).
It’s almost impossible to pass in a large car on some days (particularly at weekends) and for small children who might run out between the tightly packed cars, they have no chance!
This really is an issue that the developers need to give more consideration to.
This post was submitted by kingswayresident.
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:48 pm
I think the problem is that when they first put the yellow lines in there was such an uproar that they painted over the ones on Thatcham Ave with black paint, ‘though I think they kept a short section close to the roundabout! Now the black paint is wearing off so it’s hard to tell what is and what aren’t yellow lines.
I agree with you though, getting onto Thatcham Ave’ from the roundabout is a nightmare.
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Hi kingswayresident,
Thanks for joining and contributing
Yes… the parking on Thatcham is a pain, my younger children aren’t allowed to cross unless I’m there to watch out for them
Interesting to hear about the responsibility of the developers to enforce double-yellow lines, sounds like a bit of a cop-out to me because they don’t have access to parking tickets or any way of identifying or penalising the owners. However, it would be nice to see something done now, otherwise it will only get worse
There are also several unmarked spots (awaiting road surfacing and - obviously - double-yellow lines eventually) like the corner of Chivenor Way (by Woodvale), where a car is repeatedly parked in a really silly spot… 5 yards would make all the difference!
From my experience in Linden, the Glos’ Council (and the Police) are completely hopeless at enforcing parking restrictions
April 28th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I just wondered if there was a definitive plan of which roads would be yellow lined and which ones not.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Hi mildenhall,
Thanks for joining and contributing
I’m pretty sure that there is no concrete plan. I say this because - in the statement from QUVL about the Woodvale markings they say: “double yellow lines have been now applied to Woodvale - the main through road. It was proposed to also apply yellow lines to Valley Gardens, but on further consideration and taking into account certain views expressed by residents, it was decided to limit the parking restrictions to the main road and for safety reasons the small stretch of Valley Gardens adjacent to the traffic light junction”… (full article here)
Clearly that isn’t the full extent of parking restrictions proposed (Thatcham Avenue is proof of this) but it does demonstrate that any plans in place at present are not “firm”.
May 1st, 2008 at 7:49 am
Thanks for the reply Clive.
I suppose my nom de plume gives away my interest.
But my concern is similar to yours in on Thatcham but refers to Valley Gardens instead.
The road by the small playground bends quite significantly and on a evening there is a continuous row of cars on the side opposite to the playground. It is impossible to see fully round the corner when approaching from either direction, leading to numerous stand offs and difficult reversing situations.
I notice yellow lines were painted and then it looks like they have been painted out too.
I wondered with the advent of the new school and yet more associated safety/parking problems whether they would be reinstated and if so whether they would be enforced?