Barrington Avenue parking consultation

John Fareham and John Abbott report that the Council has conducted a consultation exercise on whether local residents, including those in Barrington Avenue, wish to pay to retain controlled parking. Letters from the Council with a voting form attached were circulated – those for Barrington Avenue were due to start going out on February 1st – and residents then had three weeks to reply. Based on the replies a report will then be prepared for the March meeting of Wyke Area Committee who will then decide on what should happen to Barrington Avenue’s controlled parking zone. We therefore urged all local residents who have a view on the matter to take this opportunity to express it. The controlled parking zone was introduced a considerable number of years ago to cover an area a mile or so from the campus, simply because student parking, which has increased along with student numbers.