Following another ‘space raid’ in streets
near the beach in Blyth by indiscriminate drivers who abandoned their vehicles,
blocking off residents and emergency vehicles to attend Blyth Town Council’s
free Fireworks event on Saturday 05:November:2022 residents of both affected
areas demand action to prevent further incidents from taking place.
Local residents were left fuming that the event, fully funded by their
own Town Council which included low cost Park and Ride from the Town Centre was
not policed correctly by the Town Council’s partner in all things highways,
Northumberland County Council and that dangerous and illegal parking was
allowed to take place by drivers who didn’t give a damn about local people’s
needs for access and egress to and from their homes.
Local people posted pictures and comments on their own and the Town
Council’s web sites and social media and were incensed that the Town Council
had removed the posts before answering the questions regarding future parking
problems near their homes and seeking answers from their responsible partner
Northumberland County Council.
Extracts and comments from social media included, comments on the fear that
the new shopping mall at the beach will lead to further parking problems and
that the development by the County Council of a massive monolithic building and
play area on Blyth’s market place will mean that the Town Council who use the
marketplace for many events throughout the year will be forced to use the beach
area more and more as the valuable open space to hold events disappears under
bricks and mortar.
Blyth Town Council’s events attract thousands of visitors and the
massive ranch car park was reported to be packed with vehicles with people seen
walking along from Seaton Sluice car park to enjoy the event.
The Council’s park and ride scheme did attract a good number of visitor
users but residents of South Beach area reported in comments on social media
that there was loads of space left in all of the Town Centre’s car parks which
could have been used by the illegal and indiscriminate vehicle owners and
comments on the lack of traffic management by the County Council were
illuminating in their language to say the least.
Big events have been held in Blyth previously including drawing in
250,000 visitors to a tall ships event in the harbour area of the town.
Residents noted that during the tall ships event temporary residents parking
permits were issued by the County Council and many commentators want that
facility reopened to and for residents use to alleviate the danger and
inconvenience of parking on narrow estate roads in future and demand full
policing of non permitted vehicles by County Council parking and street
wardens.
The conversations
about lowering the events opportunities in the Town Centre through the County
Council spending levelling up cash building on the marketplace were manifold
and some wanted all events cancelled by the Town Council until promises that
market traders won’t demand to move to where the people park in huge numbers at
the beach and have the market stalls relocated to the Beach car parks to better
their trade. Questions were also asked regarding how the Town Council will
manage xmas, summer carnivals, bank holiday events and a demand for a full
impact assessment and a judicial review of forcing a change through developing
on the market place to include the effects on beach area residents appeared to
garner a good deal of support.
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