Residents at breaking point over staff parking nightmare

RESIDENTS in Solihull fear that a dangerous combination of parking problems and speeding could have tragic consequences.

Those living in Harvard Road and Wellsford Avenue, Lyndon, have made a fresh plea for action.

Tempers have frayed over the number of vehicles clogging kerbs or blocking driveways, many of which belong to those working on the nearby Coventry Road. And there is mounting concern about the growing number of drivers who use the residential streets as rat-runs to avoid heavy traffic on the A45.

A petition calling for parking restrictions and traffic-calming measures was submitted last year, but Solihull Council investigations found that the streets are not deemed a high enough priority.

Residents revealed that one neighbour had been forced to get a taxi to work after being blocked in, while others have reported motorists getting “quite nasty” when confronted.

Cllr Ade Adeyemo (Lib Dem, Lyndon) said much of the parking was linked to businesses on the Coventry Road, just over the border in Birmingham.

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not enough” spaces to cope with the sizeable workforce employed by the companies, with workers at TSB said to be causing particular difficulties. It’s really blatant and that’s frustrating local residents.”

A TSB spokesman said “Since we have been made aware of the issues, we have spoken to our partners at Ariel House on a number of occasions to try to ensure that local residents further.

“We have nearly 150 allocated parking spaces at our offices and in order to try to reduce on-street we also try and encourage our partners to think about other ways of travelling to work.

“They are encouraged to think about car sharing, walking or cycling to work or using public transport.”

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