Just a little update for those people who like to follow East Boldon’s Metro parking congestion problem. The Councils outline plans to install a pedestrian refuge have just landed on the doorstep. In an area blighted by a lack of car parking spaces, the plans intend to remove three parking bays outside of the shops; very clever.
Safety is a very real concern for residents in the area, so the building of the refuge to enable road crossing is welcomed. It’s just where the council want to put it that is the problem. Why not place it outside the retirement home? After all, it’s the elderly who are the most vulnerable when it comes to crossing these roads. It will also negate the need to remove the parking bays. I have a feeling that this solution is to simple and to clever, and more importantly, not the idea of Council planners. We cant have the public doing there job for them can we?
Hopefully, some form of public consultation on the positioning will take place. Whilst I wont be here, the rest of the business community will want to have their say, and hopefully somebody will have the willingness to ascertain all of their views, but will anybody actually listen to them?
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