ONE of the first steps has been announced towards bringing in new residents permits ahead of the borough council gaining control of parking restrictions.
It is expected that from this autumn Wokingham Borough Council will take the powers over from Thames Valley Police, enabling them to enforce permits and introduce their own traffic wardens.
As part of the plans, Wokingham Borough Council has announced changes to a number of roads in the borough.
London Road in Twyford will see eight parking spaces available to residents of house numbers 51 to 67, odd numbers only. The Grove in Twyford become permit holders only, in Waltham Road the even-numbered houses will be invited to apply for permits.
A disabled bay in Twyford’s Waitrose store will be relocated to the end of the parking bay and the disabled spaces outside Royal Station Court by Twyford’s railway station and in Union Street will be enforced 24 hours a day.
In Wokingham, residents of Lily Court will be told they will not be eligible for permits, while only properties 2a, 4, 6a and 8 of Shute End will be allowed to apply for permits for use in Milton Road. A doctors’ bay in Milton Road will become a shared use parking bay.
The footway parking in Norreys Avenue outside houses 2-16 will be replaced with a No Waiting At Any Time sign.
Permitted hours for residents will be clarified for residents in Ellison Way, Elms Road and Rose Street.
Hartley Court Road in Grazeley will have new signs to clarify that it is a no waiting zone.
There is currently no proposal to change the fee charged for residents permits, which will remain at £30.
