Row brews over delay to parking curbs at Grove House Primary School in Bradford (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Row brews over delay to parking curbs at Grove House Primary School in Bradford
9:00am Sunday 25th November 2012 in Bradford
By James Rush, T&A Reporter
Councillor Howard Middleton outside Grove House Primary School
A Bradford councillor has criticised the authority’s procedures for dragging out the implementation of parking restrictions at a Bradford primary school.
Councillor Howard Middleton (Lib Dem, Bolton and Undercliffe) says Bradford Council has shown “no urgency” on implementing a single yellow line in Myers Lane to ease congestion outside Grove House Primary School, in Swain House, Bradford, during school hours.
Coun Middleton said the Bradford East Area Committee agreed funding two years ago and a consultation with residents was completed by this August.
He said following one objection the matter had to go back to the area committee and he expected it on the October agenda. But he said: “It didn’t go in October because we were told the meeting wasn’t going to happen. The chairman cancelled it on the grounds of no business, which was a surprise because we knew this was waiting and other things were waiting. Then we were told it couldn’t go to the November agenda because there was too many things on the agenda.”
Coun Middleton said the next meeting it could go to was in January, which he believes could mean the restrictions are not put in place until the spring half term.
He said: “It’s extremely frustrating for councillors and residents as well as the police and the Council who are have to spend a lot of time and resources.
“They are having to go up there all the time to try and manage the situation.”
Coun Middleton added: “The chairman doesn’t seem to have any urgency.”
Area committee chairman Councillor Mohammed Shafiq (Lab, Bradford Moor) said the report had not been brought to him before the October meeting was cancelled and if Coun Middleton had raised the issue with him he would have found the time to discuss at November’s meeting, which was held last Thursday.
He said: “What I would say to Coun Middleton is he’s right to raise his concerns that this item wasn’t heard at this meeting but equally, Coun Middleton could have contacted myself ensuring that the item was brought to the meeting last Thursday.”
Inspector Pete Tuff, of the Eccleshill Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “We are asking for drivers’ co-operation in helping to provide a safer environment.
“Parents can do this by parking some distance away from the school entrances and walking the short distance to the school gates. I would also ask parents to consider leaving the car at home.”
Comments(18)
kully
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9:51am Sun 25 Nov 12
playing politics with our children.
kully
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9:52am Sun 25 Nov 12
playing politics with our children.
mad matt
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9:59am Sun 25 Nov 12
carinthia
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10:05am Sun 25 Nov 12
Grove House primary school on Myers lane at kicking out time is horrendous with parents parking all along the yellow zig zag school road markings so a single yellow line will do nothing.
Its a case of i'm alright jack ,no consideration for others.
cathi1
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10:21am Sun 25 Nov 12
Walruss
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10:31am Sun 25 Nov 12
At my local primary school there is so little room to park that they resort to using my local pub's car park.
They then feel obliged to patronise the pub and bring their noisy and restless offspring into the pub.
Albion.
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10:51am Sun 25 Nov 12
Walruss wrote:Haha! They'll use it as overspill classrooms next! 2+2= ?.....hic...
It's disgraceful how mums have such disregard for other road users etc.
At my local primary school there is so little room to park that they resort to using my local pub's car park.
They then feel obliged to patronise the pub and bring their noisy and restless offspring into the pub.
loftyme
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11:01am Sun 25 Nov 12
What is the cost if broken down to Police/council parking enforcement/caretake
r/ and anyone else preventing the bad parking practices of parents?, plus the loss of life/serious injuries that occurs, bring back funded buses to the primary schools for all, if not, there will NEVER be a solution to this problem, because some parents dont care and will always park anywhere to collect their kids.
The Hoffster
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11:21am Sun 25 Nov 12
Everyone walked or took the buses. How hard can it be ?
thatsnotmyname
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11:44am Sun 25 Nov 12
The Hoffster wrote:What this depends on is if your child gets into your local school or the next one 2 miles away...which is increasingly happening.
Yep; as someone mentioned, going back in time (about 25 years ago according to my good self), we had nothing like this.
Everyone walked or took the buses. How hard can it be ?
Also a lot of the asian community do not let there children (sorry girls) walk to school.
As some have pointed out, even with a single, double or zig zag line along with signs and posters outside schools some parents simply do not give a toss.
fantam
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11:45am Sun 25 Nov 12
RollandSmoke
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1:27pm Sun 25 Nov 12
webess
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4:54pm Sun 25 Nov 12
The Hoffster wrote:Well there's a paedo lurking at every corner these days, it must be true I read it in the Daily Mail.
Yep; as someone mentioned, going back in time (about 25 years ago according to my good self), we had nothing like this.
Everyone walked or took the buses. How hard can it be ?
Being ferried in mummy's 4x4 is quite a sensible alternative to a 5 minute walk.
jojo1727
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5:12pm Sun 25 Nov 12
if the emergency services needed to pass they wouldn't stand a chance funny how they have some kind of officer on the gates in the morning but no sign at pick up times. you'd think the council would jump at the chance to earn a bit of cash from parking fines ?
Albion.
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5:12pm Sun 25 Nov 12
webess wrote:Paedophilia was actually at it's worst during and immediately after world war two (in this country), Obviously any level is a level too high.
The Hoffster wrote:Well there's a paedo lurking at every corner these days, it must be true I read it in the Daily Mail.
Yep; as someone mentioned, going back in time (about 25 years ago according to my good self), we had nothing like this.
Everyone walked or took the buses. How hard can it be ?
Being ferried in mummy's 4x4 is quite a sensible alternative to a 5 minute walk.
Modern mass information technology can distort so many things.
webess
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5:19pm Sun 25 Nov 12
jojo1727 wrote:Council parking attendants tend to be deployed in a manner that brings in the cash without confronting drivers.
same with the parking at the upper school i have the joy of trying to pass. rhodesway or dixons academy as it seems to be known is terrible and they are now intending to open a primary school! wheres the sense in that ??
if the emergency services needed to pass they wouldn't stand a chance funny how they have some kind of officer on the gates in the morning but no sign at pick up times. you'd think the council would jump at the chance to earn a bit of cash from parking fines ?
The issue of obstructing roads is irrelevant and the risk of confronting drivers too high, hence you rarely see parking tickets issued on the school run.
Storck
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10:31am Mon 26 Nov 12
The part on both sides of the road down Grove House Road making it extremely dangerous going either way. They also block all the driveways and the junction Grove House Crescent.
It might be eased if all the schools did not end at the same time. As St.Francis further up Myers Lane seems to finish at the same time and the parking there is just as bad.
Joedavid says...
9:48am Sun 25 Nov 12
One day something very serious is going to happen.