Some parking restrictions in central Bath are currently not enforceable, it has emerged.
Bath & North East Somerset Council is looking to rectify the problem as part of a new consultation on various changes to parking and waiting restrictions.
The list includes some that exist but weren’t included with the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) when the council moved over to its new digital TRO platform earlier this year.
The restrictions which need to be added into a new sealed order to allow them to be enforced are:
No parking at any time (double yellow lines) at High Street and Bridge Street.
The conversion of single yellow lines to double yellow lines at Kingsmead Square.
The 30-minute coaches only parking bay at James Street West.
A one-hour limited waiting bay from 8am to 7pm, with no return within one hour, on Bathwick Street.
The new proposals in the TRO consultation include a three-hour time restriction on the existing disabled bays in front of Bath Abbey in Orange Grove.
This has been requested by the council’s Traffic Management Team on behalf of Councillor Paul Roper, cabinet member for economic and cultural sustainable development, to provide a turnaround of vehicles and allow the bays to be utilised by more Blue Badge holders.
The Parking Services team has requested a dual-use loading only bay from 7.30am to 9am and 4.30pm to 7pm and disabled parking bay operating from 9am to 4.30pm and from 7pm to 7.30am on James Street West.
The aim is to retain disabled parking provision within central Bath but provide a space for the loading and unloading of goods for the local commercial premises during certain periods of the day.
At St James’ Parade / Southgate Street, no stopping between 6am and 11.30pm except for buses, and no stopping from 11.30pm to 6am except for taxis was requested by the Traffic Management Team to amend the existing restrictions, allowing buses to park up until 11.30pm instead of the current time of 9.45pm.
At Norfolk Buildings, a proposed extension of the no parking at any time restrictions and shortening of the existing limited waiting bay has been requested by the charity Age UK to allow a drop-off location for a minibus or for loading / unloading purposes.
At Monmouth Place no parking at any time restrictions are proposed around the new build-out, separating the existing parking bay into two sections.
The proposed removal of the dual-use permit holder / pay and display parking bay in London Street is to allow for the installation of a new zebra crossing.
Meanwhile the proposed extension of the Residents’ Parking Zone 4 boundary to cover 13 Angel Place on Lower Bristol Road was requested by a local councillor to allow the residents to purchase permits to park within the zone.
Objections and representations to the proposals must be sent to the council before the deadline of 18th December.
