Abbey Street Res Parking consultation agreed

Residents living in Abbey Street are to be consulted on the introduction of a Respark scheme.

Amongst the issues reported by residents were :

  •  Amount of non resident commuter parking taking place
  • Parking for matches at Bootham Crescent
  • Refuse wagons obstructed by badly parked non-resident vehicles
  • Concerns over emergency access
  • Damaged vehicles on street

NB Given the recent controversy n the Press it is interesting that none of the present Clifton Ward Councillors bothered to respond to consultation on the plan.

Indeed the only response was from the  LibDem spokesperson!

Changes to parking on Malton Avenue and Irwin Avenue planned

The Council is to introduce a Residents’ Priority parking zone for Malton Avenue and Irwin Avenue to operate Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

An area of limited parking on Malton Avenue is being provided to allow parking by non-permit holders for a maximum of 2 hours during the same time period.

The decision follows a ballot of residents in which 73% supported the proposed restrictions.

Nunthorpe Crescent area to get Respark scheme

The Council are to implement a ResPark zone covering Nunthorpe Crescent, Nunthorpe Gardens and Nunthorpe View.Behind closed doors logo

When consulted the views of residents on the desirability of the scheme were evenly balanced with many saying that any restrictions should apply only to Mon – Fri (9:00am – 5:00pm)

The Council appears to have made a mistake in failing to record the views of Ward members and other Councillors when publishing annex D to its decision notice

 

 

 

20 mph speed limits in East York nodded through

Delegated decision taken by temporary Director behind closed doors.Behind closed doors logo

Residents have long given up hope that common sense would prevail and that this programme would be shelved at least until the impact on accident levels in west York was more fully understood.

In other City’s the introduction of 20 mph limits has coincided with an increase in the number of serious accidents on  affected roads.

Only a handful of residents responded to the formal advertisement of the traffic orders.

The new Council, when elected next May, will have to decide whether to pull down the 20 mph signs.

Any increase in accident levels is likely to make this a high priority.

 

York Community Stadium – 2 year delay confirmed

2016 opening date now in doubt

The latest timetable for the construction of the new community stadium at Huntington confirms that it is running over  2 years behind the timetable set by the new Labour council when it was elected in 2011.

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The previous LibDem administration had identified a way of funding the £14 million project and it had been expected that construction would take place alongside the new John Lewis store which opened on 10th April 2014. That part of the project had been delayed by 6 months following the discovery of Great Crested Newts on the site.

The Councils timetable showed a completion date of  June 2014 just early enough to allow the football club to move from Bootham Crescent this year and well before the start of the rugby season.

Council papers now reveal that final tender papers are only due to be received this month and that the Labour Cabinet is therefore unlikely to award a contract before its meeting on 2nd September 2014.

It could then be 4 months before a planning application is submitted.  Although the principle of the stadium use has already been established, there is likely to be a 3 month delay before the proposal reaches the Planning committee in March.

March 2015 (just 2 months before the next Council elections) was the absolute firm date given by the present Council Leader for a start on site – but that new looks increasingly unlikely.

Construction work will take two years, so there is now doubt about whether the stadium will be ready for the start of the 2016 football season.

The delays also impact on the running of other major leisure facilities in the City – such as Energise – which the Council wants to include in an all encompassing management contract.

NB A question on the progress being made with the leisure contracts was tabled at the last Council meeting but no response from the responsible Cabinet member has yet been published.