LONDON 2012
PARKING MANAGEMENT
Sarah Juggins on how local authorities are working to minimise disruption during the Olympics and Paralympics
o avoid congestion and address safety and security issues during the Games, the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) has worked with the police, local authorities and others to provide a safe environment around venues and keep traffi c moving.
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This will be achieved by putting up temporary resident and business parking protection areas around all the Games venues. These will prevent spectators from trying to park around the venue, and protect parking for residents and local businesses. In some areas there are existing controlled parking zones or event day-parking zones. The operating hours of these zones might be temporarily changed to protect resident and business parking spaces while events are being held. Where there are no parking controls around a venue, a new temporary parking zone will be needed to prioritise parking for residents and local businesses. In addition to the resident and business parking protection areas, LOCOG is also designing a temporary traffi c management area close to each venue. These areas will include traffi c management measures to provide safe access for visitors to the venue, such as temporary road closures, and banned turns. Access to some streets may be limited to local residents and businesses, who will still have access to their properties, and the emergency services will have access at all times. During the Games, residents within the parking protection area will be able to get visitor permits; the number of permits allowed and how to obtain them will vary from borough to borough. Information about parking will be available to the public via local authority websites.
The story elsewhere... With only nine of the 26 Olympic sports being hosted at the Olympic Park, parking during the event is going to be high on the agenda of many parking managers. While venues such as the Millennium Stadium and Old Trafford are used to dealing with huge numbers of spectators, other councils face a steep learning curve. There have been some innovative ideas. Kingston Primary School, siutated just over two-and-a-half miles from the Olympics Hadleigh Mountain Bike venue, will be boosting its funds by providing parking in the school grounds. In Weymouth and Portland, home to the sailing competition, the council has issued a ‘mythbusters’ advice sheet that outlines the council’s plans for creating numerous walking and cycling paths from public transport hubs to the venue.
In other local authority areas, such as Berkshire, which will house the rowing at Eton Dornay, special parking permits have been issued to residents so that life can continue as normally as possible. Warwickshire County Council, hosting football at the Ricoh Stadium, said the priority of LOCOG and local authorities was for ‘residents and businesses to operate as normal.’
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