Parking bans on Brierley Hill High Street
Parking and waiting restrictions will come into force on Brierley Hill High Street as part of a congestion-busting multi-million pound scheme, council bosses revealed today.
A trial to cut traffic in the town centre starts this weekend, marking the final stage of £27 million road scheme aimed at boosting trade and cutting traffic jams.
Traders have long campaigned for bays to stop people parking up on double yellow lines and stopping buses and lorries using the busy high street.
Four new bays allowing people to park up along the street will be introduced on Sunday. Four separate disabled parking areas will also be created near Brierley Hill Police Station.
A full parking ban will be introduced down the opposite length of the street accessing Brierley Hill Library and the indoor market. Loading space for goods lorries delivering to the stores will also be created.
If the trial is a success, it will be made permanent.
The £100,000 project is the final stage of the wider £27m project creating the Venture Way parallel bypass which began six years ago.
Chairman of Brierley Hill Traders Association, Shane Birch-Bastock, today welcomed the news.
"The main problem on the high street has always been parking as people just park up any old way, blocking the buses, so it needed better managing and hopefully this will work with it just down one side," he said.
"We need all the help we can get at the moment as traders on the high street so creating on-street parking should help."
Parking will be limited to one hour between 7am and 7pm Monday to Saturday with no return allowed within two hours.
