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The Council is to advertise plans to remove the remaining parking near the Bishopthorpe school
The parking is currently used by parents dropping off and collecting children form the school
The Council has decided to overrule objections to the introduction of a contra flow cycle lane on Tanner Row.
Objections mainly centred on the narrow width of the road.
The scheme will cost £5000 to implement.
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Dennison Street parking restrictions. Click to enlarge
The Council are to advertise plans to extend no parking restrictions in the Denison Street/Gladstone Street area.
This follows complaints for local residents that parking bays and footpaths are bang used by commuters.
The decisions follows the development of land (for residential purposes with 19 dwellings and 38 flats) upon which the former Minster Engineering works was located
The Council have agreed the final details of its plan to use CCTV to enforce the bus only ban on Coppergate. In a report to another “behind closed doors” meeting
Officials admitted that “overall, the income generated through the issue of penalty charge notices will be greater than the operating costs and the scheme is likely to generate a revenue surplus for the Council”
A background report said, “The scheme will involve the use of ANPR Automatic Number Plate Recognition), camera technology to Coppergate between the hours of 07.00 and 11.00 and 16.00 and 19.00, seven days a week.
Coppergate bus lane enforcement plans Click to enlarge
An access and loading restriction is in place between 11.00 and 16.00.
The details of drivers contravening bus lane restriction will be retrieved from the DVLA based on images captured by the ANPR cameras and issued with penalty charge notices as per the approved Traffic Regulation Order charging regime.
The scheme will involve automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) traffic enforcement cameras installed onto the traffic island on Coppergate’s junction with Castlegate. This will enable a monitoring system to detect offenders, secure evidence and allow for civil prosecution to be carried out during the times of operation.
To ensure that only appropriate vehicles receive penalty charge notices, a list of approved vehicles will be generated and maintained within the processing unit. This will allow all vehicles passing the enforcement camera to be cross-referenced and only those genuine cases will be processed further”.
There were no objections to the traffic order when it was advertised earlier in the year.
The diagram below indicates the proposed work needed to restore a right turn facility from Lendal.
The scheme is expected to cost around £20,000.
The money will have been wasted if the Lendal Bridge closure proves to be unsuccessful.
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The Council will be forced to advertise this proposal and residents will be able to record objections.
NB. Loading restrictions are to be implemented outside the Mansion House and in Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate
Edward McMillan-Scott MEP met local green belt campaigners yesterday during a visit to Foxwood Lane.
Edward McMillan-Scott (second left) talks to local residents in Foxwood Lane
The meeting took place next to a field which is threatened with development under Labour’s draft “Local Plan”
Campaigners plan to submit individual objections to the proposals which are out for public consultation during the period leading up to 31st July.
Objections should be emailed to localplan@york.gov.uk
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Meanwhile the Westfield Ward Labour Councillors have been forced to announce a public “drop in” session in response to calls for a local public meeting on the issue.
The meeting will be attended by Cllr Williams who voted in favour of the plans to develop Green Belt land at Foxwood Lane and establish a “Showman’s Yard” at Wetherby Road.
The meeting is scheduled to take place on Thursday 11 July 2013 between 4.00pm-7.00pm in The Oak room, The Gateway Centre, Front Street, Acomb.
Copies of an A3 “Save the Green Belt poster” are now available as are spare copies of our petition form.
North Yorkshire Police have been given officers and PCSOs new powers to tackle anti-social behaviour in the Stonebow, Colliergate and St Saviourgate areas of the city.
There has been no public consultation by the York Council on the proposal which potentially represents a significant extension to police powers.
A dispersal order comes into action today – Friday 28 June – and will run until 27 December 2013.
It is enforceable between the hours of 9pm and 6am and gives the police powers to disperse groups of two or more people whose behaviour is intimidating or causing harassment, alarm or distress to members of the public.
To remain in or return to this area having been told to leave by the police, may be an offence under Section 30(4) of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003.
Breaching the order is punishable by up to three months’ imprisonment or a fine of up to £5,000, or both.
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West Bank Park will be transformed into a festive focus for the community, when it’s annual summer fair takes place.
At the West Bank Park Fair on Sun 30 June, from 1pm to 4pm, families will be entertained with a falconry display and fun dog show with classes including best pooch smooch and dog most like its owner.
There will be a bouncy castle, climbing wall and for those who prefer to watch and listen, people can pull up a chair for the musical entertainment from live local bands.
See our historic city through Medieval eyes as we explore the people and human stories behind the facades of the great monuments. This guided walk tells of good and evil, of saintly intentions and of worldly ambitions as grand knights and flamboyant churchmen assert their status.
Although the Council has cut back on the number of amenity skips it provides, several residents associations continue to run programmes aimed at making it easier for tenants to get rid of unwanted items.
The skips are only in place for a few minutes and residents must ensure that they put any rubbish into the skips and do not leave it on the path or highway.
1 Bramham Rd 08:30 09:30 Outside Community House
2 Saxon Place 10:30 11:30
3 North Lane 12:30 13:30
4 Barfield Rd 08:30 09:30
5 Fossway 10:30 11:30
6 Lindsey Ave 12:30 13:30 124-142
7 Don Ave 08:30 09:30
8 Bramham Rd 08:30 09:30 Grange Lane Junction
