Parking ban on way for 18 roads across Dudley

Council bosses are working on proposals for double yellow lines to be introduced on 18 routes across Dudley, Stourbridge, Halesowen, Brierley Hill and Netherton.

Others will also be made one-way or see waiting restrictions imposed in a bid to improve traffic flow and stop some drivers dumping their cars in residential street to avoid paying parking charges.

Council chiefs said the measures were being considered following calls by both residents and councillors.

On roads close to some main shopping areas, residents have called for double yellow lines to stop motorists leaving cars in their streets to avoid parking fees.

Consultation will run until October 1, with a decision made on each scheme soon after.

If approved, prohibition of waiting orders will be introduced along Vicarage Road, Ridge Street, Bridle Road, The Dell, King Street, High Street and Sherwood Road, all Wollaston.

In Dudley, the measures will be put in place along King Street, Tipton Road and Discovery Way, along with Church Road and Hill Street, both in Netherton.

They would also be introduced along roads in Halesowen, namely Fairmile Road and Hagley Road, and in Braithwaite Drive, Kingswinford.

In Amblecote, they would be placed in Oakfield Close and Brettle Lane, and The Promenade, in Brierley Hill.

Other traffic orders are for Firmstone Street, in Halesowen, and Vale Street, Upper Gornal, to be made one-way northbound and Hill Street made the same but southbound.

Waiting restrictions would also be introduced along roads in Halesowen and Dudley with a 7.5 tonne restriction imposed along Racecourse Lane, Stourbridge.

Drivers will also be banned from using a section of Foredraft Street in Halesowen.

Residents in Braithwaite Drive, Kingswinford, said they welcomed tougher restrictions to crack down on drivers parking cars outside their homes.

They said shoppers were leaving their cars there to avoid paying parking charges when visiting the town's main shopping area.

Resident Joyce George said: "It does get chock-a-block which leads to problems.

"I think it is mainly caused by shoppers not wanting to pay at the car parks so they leave their cars in the street and walk the short distance to the shops.

"At times the street is so full it is hard to reverse off your own drive.

"People also park partially on the footpath which can make it difficult for people, especially those with disabilities, to get by."

Another resident, who did not wish to be named, said problems were mainly on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

Cabinet member for planning and economic development Councillor Khurshid Ahmed said as they received so many requests for changes it made sense to look at them all in one go.

"If approved the suggested work will address issues which have been raised with us by people across the borough and work will start before the end of the financial year," he said.