Cheshire East Council are looking into the possibly of changing South Street car park to short stay only.
Alderley Edge Parish Council has asked them to consider a move to a maximum of 3 to 4 hour parking to free up spaces so they will turn over more quickly, because at the moment the car park fills up early in the morning with all day parkers.
The possibility of changing the arrangements at South Street car park once the proposed car park at the Heyes Lane allotment site is open was discussed at this week's Parish Council meeting.
However, Cllr Mike Williamson said "The traders are very keen to see a change to South Street now, to make it short term now, but it will push people who are parking all day on to streets like Redesmere and Windermere."
He added "But from the point of view of survival of the businesses we have got to try and create this turnover of spaces in the village."
Cllr Frank Keegan commented "The difficulty is you don't want to create the situation where you free up South Street but actually affect businesses because people who were parking there, and paying their legitimate fee, no longer want to work here and have the hassle of trying to find a parking space every day, so it's not as easy as it sounds but its definitely a possibility."
What do you think about South Street car park? Should it be turned into short stay only?
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We looked at that some years ago - when Spring St was being built in Wilmslow, just to tie down the date. The result was that the 50 spaces would increase to 75, but the cost would far outweigh the benefit of 25 extra spaces. Turning circles involved mean the loss of too many spaces.
Secondly, not all persons who are limited in their movement qualify for a blue badge. The badge regulations tend to depend on proving inability to cover distance and not the speed at which a person can move.
Last week I turned into Redesmere and was met head on by a car traveling towards me as the road had become single lane due to cars parked on both sides.An accident was avoided but I could not reverse into the main road (Ryleys Lane) and the other car and those behind it had to reverse to make way.
This is potentially a serious accident waiting to happen and those in authority should take notice.
My solution is to extend the Ryleys Lane car park in a straight line up to
the junction with London Road as this would involve only a small loss of
the Park which is not much used.
Can you honestly and publicly declare that you know of no plan to use that land for residential or commercial development?....straight question!
Your gratuitous comments annoyed me, but then a friend told me you were a “harmless wee man”, empowered by the anonymity of the internet.
Have you thought about getting out a bit more, and just looking at some of the problems in the village from other peoples’ perspective?
I am shocked by your rudeness. How can you expect people to treat you with respect when you behave like that.
I do wish you would post under your real name.
On an otherwise dull day, thank you for making me laugh out loud.
I believe the Cheshire East Council have a code of conduct that states a member should have 'respect for others'. Mr Clay may have made you laugh but I think he makes a very serious point, which you might be advised to take into consideration.
It seems pretty clear how they expect their members to conduct themselves. For his comments above, either Frank Keegan has not read this or he feels it does not apply to him.
I am not surprised by your insult although I am disappointed that it was published on this forum.
But the real issue is your failure to deal with the core questions that seems to have wrong-footed you.
As for the anonymity of the internet - I write under my real name, I have lived in the area for over 50 years and my family has lived in Alderley Edge for many generations.....you would not need to be Inspector Morse to track me down, but if you would like to speak to me directly then I will be happy to make myself available.
I will be in touch, very soon.
Presumably he will not be seeking re-election?
Car Parks....... and my offensive, harmless, little manhood that needs to get out more and increase it's efforts to help local society.
Other than fully supporting your business and many others in Alderley Edge (for many years) and being a volunteer helper for a couple of local charities and caring passionately about Alderley Edge and the values that have made it the village / small town it is today, I am not altogether sure what Frank (or his friend) will be able to tell me where I'm going wrong.
No matter, he's told me he'll be in touch "very soon,"
Peter Liddle's suggestion of possibly extending car park on the corner of Ryley's Lane seems sensible to me - yes it would reduce the park's size but not to the detriment of the park as a whole and more spaces could be available for all day parking and South Street could then be used as medium term parking for people wishing to shop or eat in the village. Not a complete solution to parking problems, but a positive start.
Regarding some of the other comments on this article, I have for a long time been made uncomfortable by Cllr Keegan's arrogance, as manifested in his comments. He has repeatedly made it clear that only his agenda matters. I am appalled that an elected official sees fit to treat the people who elected him in such a manner.
Despite Frank Keegan promising to be "in touch very soon" I have not heard from him so far.
It may be that he is having trouble getting in touch with me so I have sent my contact details to his email address.