Liberal Democrat Councillor for Stansted North on Uttlesford District Council and former Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group Learn more
by Alan Dean on 1 February, 2016
In recent weeks there has been continual public anger on Facebook/Stansted Matters at the traffic chaos and regular incidents of inconsiderate and dangerous parking close to the pedestrian crossing on Cambridge Road, Stansted.
Clicking here will reveal a possible and tentative plan for improving safety, parking and traffic congestion around Tesco and the Coop.
The plan requires a lot more work, negotiation and compromise but something like this is probably the only way possible to cut the chaos and address safety in a real way. The key features are:
Discussions have started on whether the three landowners, including the parish council, are willing to cooperate to make something along these lines work. This plan is only the start of a long discussion. It could make Cambridge Road a much better place to shop and do business.
Comments on whether you think this contains good ideas are welcomed on this blog or at cllrdean@uttlesford.gov.uk.
2 Comments
At long last, a serious attempt to tackle an increasingly serious problem – with a potentially very good solution. My only reservation would be the reduction in the total number of available public parking spaces but I guess there has to be some give and take.
Details like the number of parking spaces have not yet been worked out. Much detailed work still to do.