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10 Clitheroe Advertiser &TimeSi Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Parking issue will
turn tourists away FROM my very first v isit to
■ Clitheroe from Scotland in Septem ber 1945 and my return as a bride in 1948,1 have loved this lovely old town.
. “All the shops with the exception
o f Woolworthsand Boots seemed to be owned by residents of the town
■ and I couldn’t believe the kindness and friendliness of everyone I met. Now I am anxious and upset as I sen'se deterioration in the future o f , Clitheroe. •, Yes, the pavement in Moor Lane
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was a wee bit narrow but that has been “ fettled” (see, I’m nowspeakr ing like a true Lancastrian) so no more needs to be done unless Lan cashire County Council wants to make it more dangerous! Friends from home love coming down from Scotland to Lancashire on tour and Clitheroe is most often on the itin erary. My sister and niece are here on a
half-term visit “and when I told ■ them of what was proposed on : parking for Moor Lane, Highfield.. Road,-York Street and Church ■Brow, and they read the letters in the Clitheroe Advertiser, they want ed to tell you this. “ Two friends from Motherwell
were spending a week in Southport. One of the included outings was a trip-to Clitheroe. However, on arrival, the coach driver told his passengers that as there was no where to park, they would be better going to Skipton, which they did. They thoroughly enjoyed Skipton market and all the shops and had a thoroughly enjoyable day, but they had wanted to see Clitheroe and. were very disappointed. So • Clitheroe’s loss was Skipton’s gain!” One of the traders I spoke to said
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“most of us are hanging on by: the skin of our teeth” , so now my Scot’s ■
“birse” is really up!- • What have poor old Clitheroe and
Lancashire got, that lovely York shire and clever Skipton (yes, it has a castle too) haven’ t got? I ’ ll tell you, uncaring councillors who are ignorant of the layout of the town
' in general and the situation in the centre of the town in particular! How many of them have actually taken the trouble to come to Clitheroe and assessed the true situ ation? . I am also disgusted at the way
this question of parking was dealt with, or rather not dealt with at the Lancashire Local meeting on Octo ber 9th. I was under the impression that we lived in a democracy! So go on planners, spend the millions on the Castle to attract visitors to the town, revenue to the shops and then ■ make sure there are very few park ing facilities. Again, because of the economic
downturn in Europe many people are now contemplating taking holi- • days in Britain and we have some of the loveliest areas on bur doorstep! In fact, I once said to my husband “ if you had to bring me down to England, I’m glad you brought me here” !
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•The powers that be should be try ing to access more parking for visi-
• tors to help the traders, not to- .. reduce it, or do we, who love this; : dear old town, have to watch it
: :: slowly descend in silence? One last • thought, councillors are elected but v can become unelected!
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:‘j Clitheroe s Write to: The Editor, Clitheroe'Advertiser and Times,-3 King Sheet, (jlilhcroe BB72EW “f.?-mail:
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eastlancsnews.co.uk No infrastructure
for crematorium I AM writing to you to voice my concerns over a planning application for a crematorium in Whalley. , The Calderstones Memorial
Cemetery, in M itton Road, has recently been sold and the new own ers have submitted plans for a cre matorium on the site. I believe that the proposed 1,100
interments a year (approximately 25 per week) will cause traffic issues in the centre of Whalley.'Tn addition, the road that serves the cemetery-is only of B classification and the_^. entrance sited on a bend in the road..: I have real concerns that the road
. infrastructure in the area is not suit ed for the likely increased level of traffic. There seems to have been
. limited publicity of this planning application so I would like to high light my concerns in the Clitheroe Advertiser and Times. JOHN CASWELL, Guild House, Milton Road, Wliallcy
. On-street parking
is road’s attraction I FEEL whoever came up with such a plan for Moor Lane is ludicrous. People need to park. If they can’t
park the shops will lose a lot of trade and most of the businesses will suf fer. On-street parking is the main attraction for Moor Lane and people come from Burnley, Accrington and further afield. Please stop this now before it is too
late for the sake of'all the shops in MoorLane. . i MRWIGHTMAN, Gem Service, Moor Lane, •Clitheroe.
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the pedestrian! HAVING read the piece on the front of the Advertiser, regarding the Moor Lane parking issue, and the letters inside, Lfeel compelled to make a few comments. 1. There are more people than just
shopkeepers affected by the pro posed changes, and not all of these changes will be bad for everyone. For example, until the pavement is widened,' the left side of Moor Lane, when going towards Woone Lane, is a no-go area for my wife, because if she was to visit any shops on that side, she could go there, but could not get back along 'Moor Lane because she cannot turn her scooter round on the pavement, which is too harrow to allow that, and the only ramped kerbs are at each end. ,- . • •
As we live on Lowergate, it is not
feasible for her to come back via the far end of Moor Lane, as the pave-
•ments on Lowergate are even nar- . rower - too narrow in some places for-
- people to pass without stepping into the road. It is pointless her going by- car, as it is always impossible to. i park:; Also; when a scooter, wheel-,- t chair or piiam etc. is parked outside :
a shop on the left side, there are places where it narrows the pave
ment unacceptably. Apart from people such asmy
wife, other people would benefit too, such as pedestrians with pushchairs, , limited mobility etc., all of whom are potential customers. However, as always, the car is being put before the pedestrian, as pointed out by the Living Streets survey. I wonder how many traders on Moor Lane know what proportion o f their custom comes from people parking cars, there, and how much comes from pedestrians. ,
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• For example, my wife used to ■visit ,the craft shop on Lowergate, but
; 'since it moved to Moor Lane it is now inaccessible to her, so her cus tom has been transferred to a market • stall;
■ - ' • ■ 2. Who knows, i f the pavements
were accessible to all, and people with mobility problems could park within reach of the shops. Moor Lane shopkeepers may gain business from those currently excluded by the pooraccess. On the other hand, some of them
may face having to spend money on making their premises accessible to all, by complying with the require ments, of the Disability Discrimina tion Act! Non-disabled motorists, if they cannot park on Moor Lane, can at least park elsewhere and walk back, but disabled motorists faced with the same experience cannot get from the car parks, or parking streets, to the shops and back to
. their cars. Who knows how much business is being lost from this? 3. We have never had parking out-.
side our shop, but, as far as we are aware, we have never suffered from this. Also, we have never lost busi ness through people being unable to
, park outside for long enough to bring books into the shop for us to view, as the police advise us that there is a • discretionary 20 minutes waiting period for making deliveries, as long as the parked vehicle is not causing an obstruction. ' 4 .1 was amazed to read that, and
I quote “All car parks are full throughout the day and the streets around the outskirts of the centre
Over the past few years, and par ticularly since the end of the foot ■ and mouth restrictions; visitors to
■ are always packed full of cars” . Real ly?
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. our shop have commented on how • easy it is to park these days, saying that whereas they used to spend ages trying to find a parking space, now they, can pretty well park at will. . Two years ago I went to six differ
ent businesses on different shopping streets to ask them about weekend trade, and all said the same, and
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V especially of Saturday - namely that - whereas parking used to be impossi ble outside their shops on Saturday,
■ now there are always spaces; with the possible exception of Tuesday.
■ ': A surveyiiCarried out for the coum cil, when these plans were first under discussion;' commented that the town's car,parks and, in particular, disabled p^^king, were under-used.
.: The latteivis probably because most ■
-I of the car,parking does not facilitate ? access to shops'if one is unable to
climb steps or walk uphill. I wonder if there may be under
standable fear of change, and fear of the unknown in all-this protesting, and a lack of willingness to under stand why these changes are thought necessary—there is more to this issue than just the legitimate concerns and fears of the Moor Lane shop keepers; never forget the customer - disabled people are customers too. Several years ago there was an
estimated seven million people in this country with mobility problems - and considerable spending power. Ignoring their needs denies shop keepers their business. Although I cannot agree with all
that is being hypothesised about the possible consequences of these changes, as they remain to be seen, I ; do share the feelings of disgust expressed by writers at the appar ently appalling lack of consultation. on this matter. - It would be good if everyone likely
to be affected by these changes, posi tively as well as negatively, was involved in a proper consultation exercise; not just the shopkeepers of Moor Lane. Finally, one writer wrote about
“our right to park” . Parking is not a right, it is a privilege. GORDON HILL, Bowdon Books, Lowergate
Many streets are
affected by TROs HAVING read the letters page, last week, about Moor Lane, I feel that it is important to establish a few facts. Firstly, it is Lancashire County
Council which is responsible for any changes to the higWays, and not Ribble Valley Borough Council. Sec ondly, it is not just Moor Lane which is likely to see sweeping changes to the provision of on-street parking. Highfield Road is subject to a
Traffic Regulation Order, which if implemented, will result in the loss
of over 120 metres of on-street park ing. Other TROs are in the pipeline
and will appear on town centre lamp-posts in the very near future. •As individual schemes they appear insignificant, but, and this is the
, important element, we live, work and shop in a small market town,
- and these schemes will all interact and cause a devastating loss of park ing for Clitheroe.
/ ■ Local councillors, county council
lors, RVBC, LCC (Highways), and the town centre working groups con cur with us, that it is ridiculous to
puraue individual areas of parking in a piecemeal fashion, and all agree that we should be looking at the town as a single entity. After all, you can walk the length
, of . the town centre from end to end in . less than 15 minutes, so it follows that any loss of parking in one area
, will directly affect the entire town. ' . i Drivers will then struggle to park ' because individual schemes will become joined up to affect parking in
■ are currently no hew car parks being planned.
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Ciitheroe 422324 (Editorial), 01282 478111 (Advertising), 01282 422331 (Classified)l Whatever -your interest in|
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Clitheroe town centre, it is impera-| , tive that you register your opinion
Traffic Regulation Orders are onlyl advertised.once, in the legal notices! section of this paper, and theeJ(4| plans are attached to the lamp.^ when you have only four weef lodge an objection. .
You can write to: The Environ-} ment Directorate, The Guild House j
PO Box 9, Cross Street, Preston 1 PR18RD.
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the TRO will go ahead un-opposed,| so keep your eyes peeled!
If you miss either of these, then! ’I
You can also contact your ward orl
county councillor for further infor-l mation, and their details are avail-} able at the library or off the Inter-} net.
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IAN S. SOWERBUTTS, Chairman,
Clitheroe Town Centre Parking Com mittee
Dancing event was]
a Grand occasion I WOULD just like to thank every-1
. one from Age Concern Lancashire! , for arranging such a lovely afternoon} of dancing and entertainment at| The Grand, Clitheroe, last Wednes-I day.
■ ■ I certainly, and I'm sure everyone! else who attended the event, enjoyed} it. I hope there will be many more} and next time I hope more gentle-} men, who enjoy dancing, will take to} the floor. Well done everyone. M. RICHARDS (MRS),;. Church Brow Gardens,. Clitheroe
Disabled can park
for free at hospital COULD I please use your Letter's! Page to alert anyone who needs to} use a disabled parking bay at the} Royal Blackburn Hospital. If all the.disabled bays are taken!
then you can go into “Pay & Dis-} play” parking and park in a normal} bay or a “Mother and Child” bay if |
you need the extra space. On entry, take your ticket ^ nor-1
mal at the barrier and keep it with} you. On your way out present the} ticket and your blue disabled badge} at the parking desk and they will j
electronically authorise your ticket I to get out through the barrier.
I found this out by chance while in j
the hospital cafe. There is nothing to I notify you of this anywhere, a fact I which was confirmed to me by a! parking official who then handed me I a poor quality, photocopied informa-1 tion sheet hidden behind the parking |
desk.: Nor is there any mention made of I
it in the Parking Information section I of the hospital’s website. It is clearly I a revenue raising scam.
Those of you fortunate enough to I I
still have reason to use Burnley Gen-1 eral or any other hospital for that I matter should che«k.
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I apologise to anyone who has to I pay (which I do when not taking my I
: mother to visit my father), because I no doubt if this letter has an effect I ’ on the money raked in then the |
prices will go up.- . “ Although any short fall c o ^
: lessened if they properly police! : drop-of f p oint; which is heavily |
abused. ANDREW, Burnley, Via c-mail . . - '
- a negative way, especially as there ‘ : . • DUE to space restrictions, other
• letters on these issues have been I • held until next week - Editor I
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