PARKING & DESTRUCTION

OF GRASS VERGES

The inexorable growth of car ownership says something

about our prosperity but the consequences for roads,

pavements, grass verges and general vistas is now

unacceptable.

We can continually repair damage done to our roads and

verges but this is expensive and not the answer in the

long run.

 

We need a new strategy for parking on our roads,

particularly overnight. We need to ensure that residents

themselves do not park on pavements and grass verges.

( We had a complainant recently who then admitted that

friends parked on the verge so that their cars did not get

damaged) Sorry folks you cannot have it both ways!

Currently, the work being done by Affinity Water is creating

problems but they do reinstate verges.

Changing byelaws is, for us, not the answer: If we own a

car it has to be parked.

 

A massive rethink is needed both for overnight and

shoppers parking; here and nationwide.

Ideas from residents will be very welcome as we do not

have the monopoly on new initiatives.

Send these to Cllr Lyn Bolton at the London Colney

address or e-mail cllr.l.bolton@stalbans.gov.uk

 

At the District Council Meeting, Conservative Councillors raised a motion at Full Council to address this issue summarised as follows:

 

"At present we are unable to add enforceable conditions to planning applications that require repairs and reinstatement from the owners of vehicles damaging the pavements and verges; that is simply unacceptable. In order to bring this to an end we need a change in legislation.