Pavement parking bays tackle residential street parking

A new pilot scheme to provide parking in a residential street in Rushey Mead, Leicester, has come into effect.

Leicester City Council has brought in controlled pavement parking in Braemar Drive, after residents called for action to address parking problems in the area.

The new scheme, which has cost £55,000, includes designated car parking bays painted partly on the pavement and partly on the road.

The bays allow enough room for pedestrians, wheelchairs and pushchairs to use the pavement safely, and also leave enough room for cars to continue to use the highway.

There are no bays across driveways, on dropped kerbs or other areas where parking would be unsafe or obstructive.

It came into effect earlier this week, following extensive consultation with residents and a public exhibition in June 2016 explaining the scheme.

As part of the scheme, Hardy's Avenue has been made one-way (in the direction from Melton Road to Arran Road), to enable car parking on both sides of the road.

Repairs have also been made to a number of pavements ahead of the parking bays being painted in.