Bus stop on East side of Southcourt Road close to junction leading to train station and adjacent side of the roadand adjacent
Sent to Central Bedfordshire Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 401737.
Additional parking restrictions need to be considered by the Highways team in this area as cars are parking on both sides of Southcourt Road near the bend and by the bus stop. This is dangerous and particularly dreadful on Saturdays. To clarify, this fairly new bus stop frequently has cars parked in the road and partially on the pavement making it impossible for the bus to pull in by the bus stop to pick up passengers. This is particularly dangerous as the road has regular traffic coming in both directions and is close to a bend on the other side of the road. Cars often park on and around the bend (see photo) which makes it dangerous to get out of the driveways safely as vision is greatly reduced. Could Highways please investigate upgrading the single yellow line to a double yellow line, thereby prohibiting waiting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or installing a ‘no stopping except buses’ restriction. Thank you
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Saturdays and Sundays continue to be an issue in Southcourt Road. Saturdays being the busiest and lots of parking issues, including parking on the road where pedestrians walk.
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Saturday 24th February - 1st photo - parking on the road where the bus needs to stop and a car is extremely near the junction. 2nd and 3rd photo of illegal parking between 7am and 7pm on a Saturday. Please consider further parking restrictions in the road.
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Saturday 6th April - the trains weren't stopping at Leighton Buzzard train station and only a couple of cars were parked near the bus stop. It seems therefore likely, that the main issue with cars parking in the road is that drivers prefer to park free instead of using the ample car parking at the train station, even though it makes the road hazardous at the weekends for pedestrians, cars and buses.
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Saturday 6th April - the trains weren't stopping at Leighton Buzzard train station and only a couple of cars were parked near the bus stop. It seems therefore likely, that the main issue with cars parking in the road is that drivers prefer to park free instead of using the ample car parking at the train station, even though it makes the road hazardous at the weekends for pedestrians, cars and buses.
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Customer called again regarding this enquiry. I have provided customer with the update found on Insight.
Customer advised that parking issues have increased and it's making it very difficult for the residents.
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Saturday 29th June parking in Southcourt Road
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The issue continues with parking at the weekend and is chaotic on Saturdays
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Parking in Southcourt Road continues to be an issue for pedestrians, cars and buses. These photos were taken on Saturday 6th July 2024
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Another example of congested parking
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Another example of congested parking
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This is a photo of an accident which happened around 3.30pm/4pm on Saturday 27th July. A driver hit a parked car on the bend as she entered Southcourt Road from Springfield Road. The road was closed sometime as one of the cars in the accident had to be towed away. On Tuesday 16th July at around 11.15am/11.45am, there was another accident where a person was speeding along Southcourt Road and hit a parked car on the bend as she entered Springfield Road.
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This is a photo of an accident which happened around 3.30pm/4pm on Saturday 27th July. A driver hit a parked car on the bend as she entered Southcourt Road from Springfield Road. The road was closed sometime as one of the cars in the accident had to be towed away. On Tuesday 16th July at around 11.15am/11.45am, there was another accident where a person was speeding along Southcourt Road and hit a parked car on the bend as she entered Springfield Road.
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Issues of dangerous parking continue in Southcourt Road and Southcourt Avenue every weekend. Please see 2 new reports added yesterday. Ref no.s 6805337 and 6805330.
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Issues of dangerous parking continue in Southcourt Road and Southcourt Avenue every weekend. Please see 2 new reports added yesterday. Ref no.s 6805337 and 6805330.
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