Campaign to end parking problems

8:00am Tuesday 7th October 2008

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By Mark Bowen »

A CAMPAIGN to resolve parking problems in a Hereford suburb is continuing following a further complaint from residents this week.

Sally Hollingshead, vice-chairman of the North Tupsley Action Group, contacted Hereford Sixth Form College after more congestion in Whittern Way.

She told the Hereford Times, a car had been parked across the end of her driveway, which blocked in her neighbour’s vehicle on Monday morning.

“This lady is a carer for the elderly and she had to walk to her patient,” she said.

“When the driver finally returned to his car at 2pm, I discovered he was a student at the Sixth Form College.”

Sixth Form College principal Dr Jonathan Godfrey said the college had taken measures to limit parking problems.

“We spend a considerable amount of money providing subsidised train and bus passes for students who live some distance away,” he said.

“We ask them not to travel by car. If residents provide us with a number of a car that is causing a nuisance, we will discipline the student.”

An updated green travel scheme, included training for cyclists, is also ongoing.

“We do not have enough parking even for the teachers who work at the college,” said Dr Godfrey.

“We would be very happy to see a residents’ parking scheme introduced in the area.”

He added that both the Sixth Form College and Herefordshire College of Technology (HCT) had provided thousands of pounds towards this as part of a section 106 agreement following the planning process for expansion work.

Last week, HCT principal Ian Peake told the Hereford Times that more parking spaces were being created to meet the needs of its staff and students.