Residents Parking

Here's some news that will interest a lot of people.

A cross party group met with the Highways department last week to discuss a review of on-street parking restrictions in Macclesfield and what action needed to be taken. The centre-piece of this discussion was surrounding residents parking and how it could and should be implemented.

As with anything like this, full consultation is needed to get your views on what's required.

Therefore, an exhibition will be held in the Town Hall Foyer from Mon 13th July till Saturday. Reps from the highway department will be there at times to be advised, and I expect that you'll see us Councillors there too.

The intention will be to show the public the options available, and get their views on which streets need action and what action is most preferable. One of the options is a residents parking permit system.

As someone who has always parking legally I get really ticked off by people who complain about getting a ticket. But I do regret the knock-on effect of getting some of these cars out of the town centres, particularly where this has meant them parking on residential streets. Hopefully this will allow us to put this right.

There will be a questionnaire available for residents to complete at the time - but until then I'd be interested to hear your views on what's needed and where.