Residential roads in Reading are set to get restrictions to stop drivers from parking near junctions and potentially cause a hazard.
The junction of Salcombe Road and Staverton Road in Whitley is due to get double yellow lines painted onto the street to clamp down on inconsiderate parking.
The lines ban waiting at any time at the junction.
Reading Borough Council has the power to impose limits on parking, called waiting restrictions, by using traffic regulation orders (TROs), which are the legal instruments for controlling the road network.
Controls on parking are considered through the council’s waiting restriction review programme for its highways team to investigate, assess and draw up workable solutions.
Restrictions are either approved, refused or adjusted by the council’s traffic management sub-committee.
The proposed double yellow lines for Salcombe Road feature in the council’s waiting restriction review programme 2024A, along with a series of other proposals for parking restrictions across the borough.
A report into support and objection comments for the 2024A programme was presented to the council’s traffic management sub-committee in June.
However, the proposal for double yellow lines at Salcombe Road did not feature in it.
The double yellow lines have not been established yet.
A series of suggested parking restrictions for the 2024B programme was recently presented to the council’s traffic management sub-committee when it met last month.
There is a suggestion to install double yellow lines at a bend in Windermere Road.
These lines would be established at the bottom of the hill on the inner side of the bend, as it is a blind spot, and parked vehicles create an additional hazard.
Elsewhere in Whitley, a request has been made for double yellow lines in Northumberland Avenue near the roundabout with Canterbury Road, due to issues caused by parked vehicles during the school drop-off and pick-up period.
Reading Girl’s School and the P[Palmer Academy are both located nearby.
In Coley, a request has been made for double yellow lines in Reservoir Crescent near the path to Western Road.
There has also been a request for double yellow lines to prevent obstruction of Willow View in Caversham to prevent parking on the footpath and carriageway.
Willow View is a newly created access road for the Signature at Caversham retirement home and 55 retirement apartments that are under construction off Henley Road.
Over in Norcot, a request has been made for double yellow lines in Dulnan Close to prevent dangerous and obstructive parking, which has prevented waste collection vehicles from accessing the area.
Requests for waiting restrictions can be made by making a request to one of your ward councillors, who will then consider the request and, if supported, will raise it with the council to be included in the Waiting Restriction Review programme for potential investigation and consultation.
