On 07.06.07 and 14.06.07 I posted about a DVD which had been filmed by a local resident showing parking congestion within the radius of the East Boldon Metro Station. They footage also caught a child nearly being knocked over by a car as he walked out from between parked cars and a van. The DVD was subsequently shown by Tyne Tees Television evening news.
With regards to resident’s claims for yellow lines to stop this type of thing happening, the council said
“At the present time there are no proposals to introduce waiting restrictions on Station Road until the issue with the car park has been resolved”.
TAKEN DIRECT FROM THEIR PRESS RELEASE
Everybody who reads “Rise Like Lions” and it’s related site “Reclaiming Our Streets”, knows there will be no car park this decade, so for the next two years at least we hold our breaths hoping there will not be a fatality.
It would seem however, that East Boldon is not the only area to suffer such dangers. A two-inch column on page 3 of today’s Gazette is headed “Parking A Problem” and goes on to state;
“Transport issues have been highlighted by town Councillors.
Concerns have been raised about the number of vehicles being parked in Station Road Bridge (Hebburn) in the town centre.
A council report states “It appeared that this was caused by people parking to collect passengers leaving the Metro and was a particular problem at peak travelling times”.
OK, so what, another area with a bit of a parking problem. The article directly next to this piece, however, totally changes the perspective.
“Boy Hit By Bus Lucky To Be Alive”
“An 11 year old boy had a lucky escape after he was hit by a bus…the incident happened .. along STATION ROAD, HEBBURN,…The boy had run out between parked cars into the path of the bus…A police spokesman said the boy is very lucky to be alive”
Need I list the similarities; Metro/banked up cars/child/nearly killed… for God’s sake the road name is actually the same, Station Road. (I must buy whoever type set these articles a pint, they couldn’t have been positioned any better!)
The Council’s response to this issue is not outlined, but as a report has already been compiled on the problems, perhaps they will get their yellow lines. After all, Labour does a lot of work in Hebburn. In East Boldon, for some reason we don’t even get a report. Why risk a fatality when the solution is so simple. This council spends thousands of pounds on preventative risk assessment, but clearly it doesn’t cover the well being of children.
This morning I got up at 6 a.m. to deliver leaflets to encourage residents to attend the CAF meeting this Thursday, as it is probably their last chance to fight for something to be done this year due to the summer recess and budget allocations. After another session tonight and one early again tomorrow, I will have delivered 700 self-financed leaflets to 700 residential East Boldon addresses. So when people post insulting comments on the site about “tatty shops”, don’t waste your time, I have skin thicker than a rhino when it comes to name calling.
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