thybluefox Posted 20 July 2015 Posted 20 July 2015 Parking wouldn't be an issue if there was actually a viable alternative. Luckily we have access to a unit on Sawday St to park in, but before that it was a nightmare.
Callabinho Posted 20 July 2015 Posted 20 July 2015 Sports fans prompt campaign for new parking rules around Leicester By Tom_Mack | Posted: July 20, 2015 Sports fans prompt campaign for new parking rules around Leicester Comments (0) A new campaign has been launched for residents-only parking around the King Power Stadium. An online petition has been launched to tackle "dangerous and careless" parking by both rugby and football fans on match days on the roads between Aylestone Road and Saffron Lane. The petition, which had only attracted 12 signatures at the time of going to press, states: "In recent years the King Power stadium has enabled attendances of 32,000 and the new west wing of the Tigers stadium will increase the capacity of the stadium to 26,000 without adequate provision for car parking. "This causes overspill and potentially dangerous parking practices in Aylestone Park. "With further development planned and the hosting of the rugby world cup in September 2015 this situation is likely to get worse." Bill Shelton, who has been a councillor for the area for 12 years, said: "A number of years ago there were problems with match day parking in certain streets and some of the residents called for a vote on introducing a residents' parking scheme. "The turnout for the vote was abysmal and it was voted against so it never happened. "I understand there's been another call for residents parking but people are often against it when they find out they have to pay for it and they're still not guaranteed a space near their house." Residents in the area had mixed views. Shirley Grant, 60, of Brooksby Street, said: "The parking is really bad around here but I want my family to be able to come and visit so I don't want it to be residents only. "We have two cars and just make do by parking where we can." Alice Morris, 22, of Hughenden Drive, said: "It's a nightmare on match days and I think we definitely need residents-only parking. "People who work in the city centre park here in the week and on match days it's so busy you could never get a fire engine down here. "I'm always having to park around the corner." To sign the petition click on "ePetitions" at www.cabinet.leicester.gov.uk/ Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Sports-fans-prompt-campaign-new-parking-rules/story-27447950-detail/story.html#ixzz3gQRBk274 Follow us: @Leicester_Merc on Twitter | leicestermercury on Facebook Alice, can I stop you there. You can go bollocks.
Freeman's Wharfer Posted 20 July 2015 Posted 20 July 2015 Surely it's not that hard... You've got family coming? Tell them to arrive before 12pm and they'll be fine, if not then after 5pm should be fine. A whole 5 hours every fortnight when your visiting family can't park. The football and rugby clubs have been in the area far longer than the residents, you must have known there were two big stadiums nearby when you decided to move in so why complain now?
thybluefox Posted 20 July 2015 Posted 20 July 2015 Surely it's not that hard... You've got family coming? Tell them to arrive before 12pm and they'll be fine, if not then after 5pm should be fine. A whole 5 hours every fortnight when your visiting family can't park. The football and rugby clubs have been in the area far longer than the residents, you must have known there were two big stadiums nearby when you decided to move in so why complain now? You'd be surprised about how often that happens. There are residents in Bruntingthorpe that complain about the noise from the airfield, despite it being there for decades.
Carl the Llama Posted 20 July 2015 Posted 20 July 2015 If there are so many spaces that they can accommodate the overspill from matchdays, it sounds like there's a lot of space to park a good 98% of the week.
Jace Posted 20 July 2015 Posted 20 July 2015 Wheres the best place to park atm I wasn't able to travel up last season due to working Saturday nights but thats finished now
Strokes Posted 20 July 2015 Posted 20 July 2015 Wheres the best place to park atm I wasn't able to travel up last season due to working Saturday nights but thats finished now Centre circle.
Buzzell Posted 20 July 2015 Posted 20 July 2015 Wheres the best place to park atm I wasn't able to travel up last season due to working Saturday nights but thats finished now Plastic
Thracian Posted 20 July 2015 Posted 20 July 2015 you are probably not far wrong the number of traffic wardens the council have floating around burnmoor street and brazil street on matchdays is verging on stupid they seem to have an army of recovery trucks waiting around the corner to tow cars away. I know people know it's the rules and all that but sometimes you just wonder who it benefits The City Council has long waged war on the motorist. And as if the council would fail to delight in it, they've pushed lots of football traffic towards and beyond Narborough Road by making parking on the streets around the ground residents only. That despite the fact that many of the "residents" are students who either don't have a car, go home for weekends or are on vacation. But it's not just about the football. They've eroded parking spaces at every opportunity and tried to force people onto the type of bus lanes that Liverpool City Council is abandoning. The bus lanes will stay of course until someone gets killed through all the annoyance and confusion they cause...if it hasn't already happened. They're a death trap and if not a death trap, a collision and injury trap. Meanwhile whole stacks of university parking spaces are unused at weekends. Oh yes, there's plenty of off street parking spaces for the university (and so there should be for the times they're around) but the football fans who've brought money into the city for decades, can go to hell. Vote Labour? I wish the party was disbanded. It continually shits on the indigenous working man and then wipes their faces in it.
Thracian Posted 20 July 2015 Posted 20 July 2015 Maybe it is time the powers that be started to set on football buses from the park and rides we have around Leicester. Drop you off as near to the ground as deemed possible and pick up from the same place. If they charged a few quid I think people would find this very appealing.as long as they put plenty of buses on. Thoughts people. The last time i caught a bus home from a football match it took over two-and-a-half hours for a walk and journey that should have taken an hour tops. Even then it was standing room only and with less room the a sardine in a tin and stop/start every few seconds. There must be something to be said for buses but I can't think of anything.
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