Parents tell the PT of parking pain at city infant school

Parents of children who attend Queen’s Drive Infant School have spoken of their frustration at the state of parking outside the school.

The Peterborough Telegraph visited the school in Queen’s Drive Westyesterday morning to speak to parents.

Ambreen Aslam, who takes her six-year-old son Sufyan Asghar into school from Dogsthorpe, said she arrives half-an-hour early both in the morning and afternoon to find a parking space.

She added: “Parking here is dreadful. It’s extremelydangerous and something needs to be done. It’s not safe for the children. You need to get children to school on time, so what are we supposed to do? It’s hardfortheschoolaswell.”

FernandaSantos waswith seven-year-old son William.

Shesaid: “Sometimesthey park here on yellow lines. I think it’s manageablenowbut it used to be a lot worse.”

Shabana Rafiq said: “It’s horrible. I’ve been given a few tickets but where can you park? Andyoucan’tbelatebecause you have to go and see the head teacher.”

Another parent described the situation as “chaos.”

Yesterday, parking enforcement officer Katrina Starbuck was highly visible standing in a blue uniform by residentparkingspacesopposite the school.

But parents continually tried to park in the residents’ spaces without a permit, and they were forced to move despite saying they would be inand-out of the school quickly.

One car was also parked in the middleof the road, adding to the traffic problems.

Katrina said issuing parking tickets wasalast resort after telling parents they could park elsewhere, including at Thomas Deacon Academy.

She added: “There have been a couple of occasions when you thought a child was going to get hit by a vehicle.”

Enforcement officer Katrina Starbuck