Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I'll check these junctions and if Double Yellow Lines are required, I'll ask for them to be done through the JTB.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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there needs to be enforcement as well roger, people park on the double yellows at the start of clarendon place near the malvern pub knowing it is very rare that wardens visit the area.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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O.K. Howard, I'll follow that up too.
Roger
Brian Dixon
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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surely a mini bus service could be provided to serve st dunstan's?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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wheelchair acsess is blamed for not running the service howard.if you can get a mini bus with wheel chair acsees the I am sure they might reconsider.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i thought age uk used mini buses with wheelchair ramps brian?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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they do howard,but we are talking stagecoach here,dont want to spend money on smaller buses with wheelchair ramps.
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
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Before trial ban on traffic, Stagecoach buses on the 4, 6 and UNIBUS routes were, and still are, Enviro 400's, the same as on our 101 and 102 routes. They fitted through the arch then and I wonder why they apparently don't now!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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first day of the new service and it has been running a few minutes late, not surprising as it is a new route to the drivers.
i boarded the 1434 from priory street and we spent 15 minutes stuck in clarendon place due to bad parking. the driver phoned his office then dialed 999 (not sure the police would be interested), a couple of residents used some choice language over the incessant use of the horn by the bus driver. eventually the van causing the obstruction moved and we cheerily continued our journey.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I've emailed DDC about double yellow lines and dependant on that reply, I will follow up with the Parking Services Manager about encforcement.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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thanks roger but today was not a double yellow problem as the problem was halfway down clarendon place not at a junction.
ideally one side of the road could be yellow lined forcing people to park in their garage/hard standing at the rear of their property, realistically we know this will not happen.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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O.K. Howard, but that was just today. I'll wait and see what answer I get.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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the second week and today saw no buses in the clarendons, after bad parking in clarendon place stopped the first run of the day.
bring back regent coaches.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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another bad day with the bus unable to keep to the timetable and eventually giving up the ghost early afternoon.
totally ridiculous situation with drivers having to toot their horns repeatedly to get people out to park properly, ddc car parking appear to have no interest in the matter preferring to deploy wardens in areas where they can gather revenue.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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I suspect you need a local 'celebrity' to live there before anything will be done, do none of the TC or DDC councillors live in the affected roads.
Maybe you could get the local TV media involved as it is not only the bus affected but also emergency vehicles by poor parking.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I wouldn't like to see the Media involved - Press or TV, but I do feel that something urgent needs to be done to resolve this continuing problem.
I have now emailed the Parking Services Manager and copied in other Officers and senior Councillors, so hopefully they'll put their heads together and come up with a long-term solution.
Roger
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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Roger, your officers have obviously put this issue in the 'too difficult' tray. A bit of media exposure might get them to focus on it. I recommend the BBC SE tv news team (Simon Jones, Peter Whittlesea, Polly Evans, etc.)
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Maybe they have Peter, but there should never be a "too difficult" tray. There should be nothing too difficult for Paul W. to oversee.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i have no confidence that this problem will be solved as there is not the will to do so.
media involvement, as suggested, is probably the right direction to take.