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This from William Cumming, Ventnor. Ed
Friday 22nd November marked four years since the previous government’s consultation on pavement parking in England closed.
Cars parked on, and sometimes hogging the whole pavement, will be a familiar sight to many.
Dangerous for many people
Pavement parking is dangerous especially for families with young children, people with sight loss and disabled people.
A recent poll found that 87 per cent of parents have had to walk in the road because of a vehicle blocking the pavement. It damages pavement surfaces too.
Living Streets campaign
Living Streets has been campaigning on this issue for over 50 years and it’s high time we saw an end to the problem.
Pavement parking has been banned (with exemptions) in London since the 1970s. Scotland adopted a similar approach to London which came into force earlier this year. The Welsh Government has indicated they will take action on pavement parking – but England is way behind.
Join the campaign
We hope your readers will join Living Streets and supporters like me, in urging the new Government to deal with the troubling legacy of pavement parking once and for all.
Everyone will be the better for it.
Image courtesy of Eden Hetfield. Currently wheelchair bound (and having to be pushed) she had to endure an uncomfortable transit from pavement to road and back up to pavement again a few days ago on the Island due to the BMW car being parked across the pavement – blocking access. Ed
