Comment
Rochford Area Action Plan Focussed Changes: Market Square
Representation ID: 34340
Received: 07/05/2014
Respondent: Mrs S O'Mahony
I read your article regarding plans for Rochford Market Square in the Evening Echo of Thursday 3rd April, and am dismayed that you are considering making fewer car parking spaces.
In these days especially when you are planning to build more houses in an already overcrowded area, it seems that life as a Rochford resident is becoming more and more unpleasant. Increasing numbers of cars mean that e need more parking spaces, not fewer. People's lives are busy and we need as many spaces as possible in order for people to visit banks and local shops. People do not have time to saunter around pedestrianised areas, and we need as many parking spaces as possible for short-term parking, leaving long-term shoppers to park in Back Lane.
Several years ago, you changed the entry for parking in the Square from the west to the east. The result has been that the entry at the east end is constantly clogged, making it impossible sometimes for buses to turn from South Street into West Street, and leaving idling vehicles engines polluting the air and frustrated drivers waiting for a space.
I propose that the least bad solution would be:-
1. To change the entry into the Square to the west end of the Square;
2. Space for 3 taxis to be at the North edge of the central seat, leaving the south edge free for cars waiting to enter;
3. More taxis could wait in Back Lane Car Park;
4. The pavement area is adequate for pedestrians. Car parking spaces are far more important for short-term shoppers, and for shop keepers themselves who need customers to support their shops as easily as possible.
I read your article regarding plans for Rochford Market Square in the Evening Echo of Thursday 3rd April, and am dismayed that you are considering making fewer car parking spaces.
In these days especially when you are planning to build more houses in an already overcrowded area, it seems that life as a Rochford resident is becoming more and more unpleasant. Increasing numbers of cars mean that e need more parking spaces, not fewer. People's lives are busy and we need as many spaces as possible in order for people to visit banks and local shops. People do not have time to saunter around pedestrianised areas, and we need as many parking spaces as possible for short-term parking, leaving long-term shoppers to park in Back Lane.
Several years ago, you changed the entry for parking in the Square from the west to the east. The result has been that the entry at the east end is constantly clogged, making it impossible sometimes for buses to turn from South Street into West Street, and leaving idling vehicles engines polluting the air and frustrated drivers waiting for a space.
I propose that the least bad solution would be:-
1. To change the entry into the Square to the west end of the Square;
2. Space for 3 taxis to be at the North edge of the central seat, leaving the south edge free for cars waiting to enter;
3. More taxis could wait in Back Lane Car Park;
4. The pavement area is adequate for pedestrians. Car parking spaces are far more important for short-term shoppers, and for shop keepers themselves who need customers to support their shops as easily as possible.