Detailed consultation results for East Reading permit parking scheme

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Thanks to everyone who responded to the East Reading permit parking consultation. The council have done the initial analysis of the results.

Recently councillors and transport planners met to look at the initial analysis. From the consultation responses, across the area there is a majority in favour of introducing permit parking.

Below is a link to the detailed consultation results for the East Reading permit parking scheme. Please be aware the report linked to below covers a number of different permit parking schemes, the detailed road by road breakdown is at the bottom of the report in Appendix 2.

http://www.reading.gov.uk/media/8427/Item07/pdf/Item07.pdf

If given the go-ahead at the March committee Transport Planners will then design a scheme for the whole area.

This scheme will be informally consulted on over the summer and the final formal consultation will be done towards the end of the year. A scheme could then be implemented in 2019.

Not all roads had a majority in favour of permit parking. However it was decided to produce a scheme for the whole area to minimise any displacement of parked cars, without permits, from new permit parking roads to free parking roads at the edge of any new zone. The informal consultation over the summer and the formal consultation later in the year will be opportunities for any people opposed to permit parking to voice their concerns. If the strength of feeling in any roads is great enough then they could be removed from the permit parking scheme.

We will continue to keep people updated by email, paper letter and by holding more street meetings and public meetings as we did over the consultation period. We believe it is important that residents are kept informed so you can respond thoughtfully to consultations and get the best result for your road.

We do not have emails for everyone in the area so please forward this on to anyone who you think might be interested. If you receive a forwarded email let us know if you would like to be added to the list for future updates.

Your Green councillors care about the area and will continue to work to with you to improve it.