Signs telling drivers they can’t park on the pavement in a busy Brighton road have now been put up, and fines will start being doled out next week.
The ban on pavement parking in Elm Grove was approved by councillors in January after residents requested the ban.
Some reported near misses when motorists drove down the pavement to park.
Brighton and Hove City Council is currently issuing motorists with a warning notice but, from Monday 5 June, cars parked on a pavement could receive a ticket.
Councillor Trevor Muten, chair of the Transport and Sustainability Committee, said: “The ban is designed to make walking safer for pedestrians, give residents better access to their homes, improve accessibility for wheelchairs, mobility scooters and pushchairs and prevent damage to the pavement.”
The ban is similar to those introduced in other parts of the city including Portland Road and Carden Avenue.
Can we have it city wide please ?
Totally agree, especially where parking on pavements reduces width so that pedestrians or wheelers have to walk in the road, but this is where there is plenty of space alongside the pavement.
If you were looking at places where pavement parking should be allowed this would be an ideal location, as it still occurs in Neville Road Hove.
Seems this was agreed by Labour earlier in the year and this is just being implemented now. I’d hoped that now Labour were the majority they’d be more sensible regarding the previous administration’s anti-motorist obsession.
I wonder what alternative option the council has suggested other than telling motorists to switch to cycling?
BTW, do you ever drive?
Now let’s put a cycle lane in. They hold up buses and cars trying to get to Woodingdean and hospital.Get them off the road and onto safer places.
There is plenty of room for both parking and pedestrians there. It just needs some parking bays marking. Traffic wardens could then fine drivers for inconsiderate parking.
Is this not already in the Highway Code Road for cars pavement for pedestrians
Enforcement powers are another matter though; BHCC would have provided a grace period of notice. You can’t just change it overnight.
Benjamin
The council have had to apply for a RTO to implement road changes. Elm Grove was always designed to have off road parking between the pavement and road.
Depends on who manages the road regarding traffic orders, which can be..weird.
Robin
Elm Grove was designed to allow parking between the road and actual pavement. If you visit the area you will see where they were allowed to park. Two curbs, one roadside as normal and by the pavement.
No it wasn’t. Elm Grove was created before cars and was (as the name suggests) a grove of Elms – the first avenue of street trees in Brighton. Now that the cars have been removed, the next step is to reintroduce the missing elms and re-verge the street on both sides. This is not just harking back to bygone times, but is crucial for our future city as the tree canopy will help reduce street temperature in time of global warming and the permeable verges and trees will support sustainable drainage in the increasing severe weather events and help reduce flooding along the valley
Can you bring in the same restrictions for Manor Hill, at least 10 cars parked on the pavement, on corners and double yellow lines.
Excellent news, but let’s see how long it lasts under the new car obsessed Labour council.
Don’t know how you can claim someone be obsessed when they’ve barely been there five minutes, Delanda. Parking remains a hot topic for my residents, so it is right that council takes that remit the appropriate amount of time to it.