Burnley superschool 'causing parking problems' for residents (From This Is Lancashire)

Burnley superschool 'causing parking problems' for residents

1:05pm Monday 13th July 2009 in

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ROAD bosses have been told to go back to the drawing board to resolve parking headaches at a Burnley superschool.

Residents living around the under-construction Sir John Thursby College say their lives have already been turned upside down with builders wagons and workmen.

So when Lancashire County Council announced that they wanted to impose parking restrictions on Thursby Road, Leamington Avenue and Ennismore Street, neighbours protested to the Lancashire Local Burnley committee.

Backed by ward councillors, they were especially concerned that they would not be able to park along certain stretches between 8am and 6pm.

Under the Building Schools for the Future programme, a new 1,050 place school is being built on the old Walshaw school site.

A report prepared for the committee said: “The purpose of the proposed restrictions is to remove parking in an area where pupils attending Sir John Thursby are likely to congregate and cross on their way to the toucan crossing, to be located on Eastern Avenue.

“While there is sympathy with the residents in respect of vandalism to their vehicles, all of the properties affected by the proposals either have existing off-road parking facilities or have sufficient land within their curtilage in which to create one.”

But the committee was concerned about the existing extent of parking associated with Sir John Thursby and councillors called for vehicle congestion to be eased as the building work advances.

The proposals for the Thursby Road and Leamington Avenue junction were approved by the committee.

Further plans for a parking block beyond that, along Thursby Road, have been deferred for fresh discussions between borough and county councillors and county council engineers.