The Evening Post on Thursday has details of plans for new park and ride schemes for South Gloucestershire – including one at Bristol Parkway railway station.
The plan is, according to the publication, “high priority” and could be in place within five years.
The plans have been put forward by the West of England Partnership which is made up of the four council’s in the ex-Avon area.
Councillor Brian Allinson, South Gloucestershire Council’s transport boss, said the plans had “already approved” and “we are now progressing on delivering this important facility”.
The Examiner wonders where South Gloucestershire Council are going to put this facility considering parking is already stretched for commuters using the station.
And would this cause yet more traffic problems for residents along Great Stoke Way and Hunts Ground Road who already have to suffer commuters taking up on-street parking in a bid to avoid car park charges?
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1 Julian Norman // Feb 7, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Surely the point of park and rides is to remove traffic from the busy areas? So directing traffic towards what is already a congested area is a bit of a silly plan?
Also one could question the point of a P&R with a train station, why not just put on more trains from Parkway to Temple Meads?
Would a P&R a bit closer to the M32 with a bus lane on the M32 not be better?
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