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RE: Free parking in yellow line gap, March 1.

Some of the parking restrictions around the city centre should be looked at again.

Working on the Broadway side of the city, we used to park up the road, but in recent years, more and more roads had restrictions added, to a point where the nearest on-street parking is 30-40 minutes walk away – not ideal if you have things to carry or childcare issues.

I could understand it if local people couldn’t park near their houses, but in the Central Park area, most have drives big enough for several cars.

Since the restrictions, spaces around Central Park are often empty, while drivers fill the city with fumes driving around to find spaces.

There is a recession on, money is tight, and Peterborough City Council needs to start thinking about the business people, shop workers, and office workers who are keeping the city centre going.

KEN TUCKY story makes the news.

But nothing has been done to resolve the problem of Peterborough City Hospital (PCH) staff using the parking areas in Cleatham and the nearside side (northwards) of the road at Tysedale (Bretton) to avoid paying the PCH car parking charges.

The footbridge over Soke Parkway makes PCH easily accessible.

The Tysedale parking means that vehicles have to negotiate the road in both directions, using the southbound lane only.

Inconsiderate parking means that the southbound lane now has a blindspot when approaching from Bretton Way, thus making it likely to be the cause leading to an accident.

It is especially bad when there are bin lorries and other commercial vehicles legitimately stopping on the road to make collections or deliveries.

The town hall staff say that nothing can be done about it, but they have sorted out the similar problem in the area around Buckland Close (Netherton).

So what is the difference? How would the inconsiderate staff of PCH like it if vehicles were to park likewise outside their houses?

CHIEFY