Last updated at 16:27, Wednesday, 08 August 2012

ANGRY residents have hit out at plans to introduce double yellow lines on a number of roads.

SPEAKING OUT: Tom Clements, owner of the Church Walk House bed and breakfast in Ulverston, claims there are too many yellow lines in the town amid council plans for even more MILTON HAWORTH REF: 50037079B000

Several people attended Monday’s Ulverston Town Council meeting to complain about Cumbria County Council’s proposals to create no waiting zones along Church Walk and several nearby streets.

The town council agreed it would oppose the plans for double yellow lines along Church Walk, except along the corner near Ainsworth Street.

Councillor Colin Pickthall said: “It’s very unnecessary in my view – they can save the cost of paint.”

Residents claimed the changes, which would see double yellow lines along one side of the road from the bowling green to Ainsworth Street, would cause major inconvenience.

Sue Thornhill told councillors: “I live directly opposite Ashlands and we don’t have off-road parking. If we lose that parking, it means re-landscaping the front of our property.”

She added that the problems along Church Walk stem from a lack of parking options for people who work nearby.

She said: “I suggest making it residents’ parking to limit the problem.”

David McCauley said: “Try reducing the cost of car parks – a lot of people are parking there to avoid using car parks.”

Other roads featured in the plans include Beech Bank, Garden Terrace and The Drive. Speaking after the meeting, the Reverend Alan Bing, of St Mary’s Church, said the plans were “sensible”.

But Tom Clements, owner of the Church Walk House bed and breakfast, said parking restrictions in the street are already harming his business.

He said: “I don’t think there is any need because it is a total waste of the council’s money, which could be spent on much more useful things.

“There are double and single yellows there and with many families having two cars it causes quite a lot of problems already.

“We have had tourists who have said they cannot park nearby so they have had to go elsewhere.”

The council has until August 17 to respond to the proposals.

First published at 16:20, Wednesday, 08 August 2012
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