**THINK RESIDENTS' PARKING WOULD IMPROVE YOUR LIFE? READ ON, AND DON'T FORGET YOU CAN STILL SAY NO!**
If a scheme is introduced:
1. …there would be absolutely no guarantee of finding a space. There would be fewer spaces (see 7 below) and so more problems. Ask friends in cities like Bath that have schemes - you can buy a permit but still find nowhere to park!
2. …the cost for a 2 car family, including visitor permits, a parking ticket once a year (it happens) and a bit of pay and display parking would be over £200 per annum. Just when household budgets are already under severe strain
3. ...the Council has said it may ‘limit each household to one vehicle’. Even if that is OK for you now, what if your circumstances change?
4. …your household would be allowed 100 visitor permits per year, at £1 each after the first 50. Once you have used them (don’t forget visitors includes builders etc) you would have to use pay and display (mostly £1 per hour) or risk a fine or being towed away
5. ...a family wedding or funeral, with all the attendant comings and goings over a few weeks, could use up all your visitor permits for a year!
6. …pay and display bays would reduce the number of spaces available for residents, as would a more formalised parking regime and any double yellow lines across driveways and elsewhere
7. ...fewer spaces would mean parking spilling over into neighbouring streets – causing problems where none exist today
8. ...house prices would drop as parking becomes more difficult and expensive
9. …businesses would be charged £100 per car per year and pay and display would replace free parking for their customers. Shops and other businesses would suffer or could even close
10. …we would have more yellow lines, signs, traffic wardens, tow trucks etc. Do you want this?
What can you do?
If you are concerned about all this, be sure to vote 'NO'. And don't forget that no vote will be taken as a 'Yes' vote. You can also write to your local councillors; visit www.bristol.gov.uk or call 922 2000 for contact details.
