BPA FOCUS SAFER PARKING SCHEME
A round-up of schemes around the UK that are working to improve the public parking perspective
By royal appointment
A landmark with royal connections in Norwich has retained its Safer Parking Award. Following the recent reassessment by Steve Gower, the Norfolk Constabulary accredited assessor, and Mike Bibby, BPA development manager for the south east, Te Forum car park retained the award it first gained in 2002. Tis was the year
the Queen opened the
centre – which houses Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, the BBC’s regional television and radio studios, educational, retail and restaurants. Te Forum is owned by Te Forum Trust, a self-financing charity. Its parking facility offers 240 spaces with 12 disabled bays over three underground levels. During the day the car park is used predominantly by
shoppers and visitors to Te Forum, while in the evening it mainly caters for diners and theatre- goers.
Bibby reported
that, over the past 12 months, vehicle throughput was 266,000 – and during the same period only one incident occurred, which is an excellent achievement. Due to the efficient CCTV monitoring and the diligence of Te Forum’s Facilities staff, an offender was recently apprehended concerning a theft. ‘All the procedures
that are in place are of a high standard,’ said Bibby, ‘which is reflected in the ratio of incidents compared to vehicles visiting. I would like to congratulate all personnel involved’. Gower added: ‘Tis
A regal shopping centre… the Forum in Norwich
is easily one of the best facilities we have had the pleasure of assessing. It is neat, tidy and well-presented.’
GRINS GALORE IN GRINSTEAD
The 900th Park Mark award for the south east region was awarded to Mid Sussex District Council, which now has a total of 17 Park Mark status parking facilities.
The Christopher Road Car Park in East Grinstead was the latest to be accredited after Mike Bibby, BPA development manager, praised the council for its crime-reducing measures and safety improvements. In this round of accreditations, the local authority retained 13 awards
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and gained another four. With an annual vehicle throughput of more than 1.8 million vehicles, only 14 relevant crimes have been recorded across the council-run facilities.
Bibby paid tribute to the work of the council, and thanked Mervyn Booth, the local authority parking development manager, for all his support and co-operation since becoming members of the Safer Parking Scheme.
SAFETY FIRST The Parkway Shopping
Centre at Coulby Newham has recently been awarded the Park Mark car park safety award from the British Parking Association for its car park.
The award was
presented by Inspector Keith Dee, of Cleveland Police, to the Parkway Centre director, Rory Fleming. PC Eddie Licoln, from the Cleveland Police Crime Prevention, working with Phil Taylor, regional manager for the BPA, visited the Parkway Shopping Centre car park to assess the
crime risk within the site and the security for parking.
The centre was
subsequently approved for the award of the Park Mark.
Centre director Rory Fleming said: ‘I am delighted that the Parkway Shopping Centre has been awarded the Park Mark. This illustrates that the work of our centre services team in the car park has been recognised by the BPA, and that the high standards required for this award have been ably demonstrated at the Parkway.’
Norwich cuts the mustard
Norfolk County Council has retained its safer parking accreditation on the park-and-ride facilities serving Norwich city centre, following recent successful re- assessments completed by Steve Gower, the Norfolk Constabulary accredited assessor, and Mike Bibby, BPA development manager for the south east. Norfolk County
Council operates six purpose-built park-and- ride sites, more than any other city in the
UK – providing 4,912 spaces. Last year, just under 3,000,000 passengers and more than 900,000 vehicles used Norwich park-and-ride, reducing congestion and helping to improve the air quality in the city centre. Parking at the sites is free for those travelling from the site on a park-and-ride or other scheduled bus services. No parking is permitted at the sites if the bus service is not used – just park and pay the bus driver.
More than three million passengers use Norwich park-and-ride
www.britishparking.co.uk
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