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Colchester: hospital parkers a pain in the neck
10:00am Tuesday 28th October 2008
Comments (9)A SURVEY could be on the cards for roads near Colchester General Hospital, where residents claim they have been blighted by years of parking woe.
People living in a number of roads near the Turner Road hospital say patients and visitors have been parking in their roads to avoid parking fees for years, and the situation is as bad as it has ever been.
One resident of Kingswood Drive, who did not want to be named, said he and other neighbours had been verbally abused by people parking outside their homes and most recently two brick walls have been knocked down by inconsiderate drivers.
Ward councillors Anne Turrell and Martin Goss have revealed they have held meetings with Essex County Council in a bid to get a survey carried out to discover the scale of the problem and if, or how, it can be resolved.
Mr Goss said he and Mrs Turrell had had a number of conversations with residents and in turn had met recently with highways officers.
“We were told a survey was done 18 months ago which at the time concluded there was no problem, but I do not believe that is the case,” said Mr Goss.
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Shadow Demon, Colchester says...
12:03pm Tue 28 Oct 08
Fox Hat, Colchester says...
1:49pm Tue 28 Oct 08
It would also appear that Cllr Goss is more anti car than Ken Livingstone. I would imaging that his next proposal will be for the return of someone walking in front of a car with a red flag.
If his views of car drivers are representative of his party's views then I'd rather eat my own vomit than vote Lib Dem.
Poacher, Clacton says...
3:13pm Tue 28 Oct 08
Some might thing that an unreasonable attitude but as I pay my road fund taxes and there are no restrictions on any of these roads then I shall continue to do so as I am legally entitled to do.
Flip Flop, Copford says...
3:59pm Tue 28 Oct 08
Boris, Colchester says...
1:14am Wed 29 Oct 08
I have to pay £50 per year for a permit to park in my own street. If the residents of Kingswood Drive etc don't want the rest of us to park outside their houses, they must ask for a residents parking scheme too.
Until that is implemented, I shall continue to park in Kingswood Road whenever I need to drive to the General Hospital. (Having said that, I was there yesterday and I went by bus.)
gossmartin, Mile End, Colchester says...
9:52am Wed 29 Oct 08
Fox Hat, Colchester says...
12:48pm Wed 29 Oct 08
Been there already. I knew what the problems were likely to be when I moved into a house in a similar situation and just had to put up with the ill thought out resident's parking scheme which did nothing to prevent other people parking in the street. When I could afford to, I moved - simple as that. I didn't own the street but I also didn't feel guilty parking in other residential areas either.
Given your pronouncements in the local press, you've revealed your true colours as a real nimby, but this might be why the residents of Mile End voted you in.
general public, colchester says...
5:29am Mon 3 Nov 08
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Say It As It Is, Colchester says...
11:31am Tue 28 Oct 08
Scotland have abolished all hospital car parking charges and those, of which there are many, in England should follow suit. It's bad enough having to visit the hospital in the first place when a loved one is seriously ill, to pay an extortionate car parking charge just adds insult to injury.
I take it the local residents would be happy to pay these charges if it were their relatives that were ill and they had to drive to the hospital if they were not living so close to one.