"It's a joke" - locals voice their opinion on planned parking ban on road near Royal Preston Hospital

Lancashire County Council is planning to put a no waiting restriction in place on both sides of Moorfield Close in Fulwood – for around half of its length. The new regulations will apply on weekdays between 8am and 5pm.

A report by the authority’s highway officials says “it is believed that many of the vehicles currently parking here are owned by hospital staff”.

It adds that the daytime parking prohibition would bring the road “in line” with others in the vicinity of the hospital which are covered by ‘no waiting’ orders, while “allowing residents to park on Moorfield Close outside of the peak problem times”.

County Hall also intends to paint double yellow lines – outlawing parking at any time – at the point the road meets a side spur of the same name.

Meanwhile, as part of the proposed changes, the area covered by the existing round-the-clock restriction at Moorfield Close’s junction with Moorfields Avenue and Parklands Drive will be lengthened.

Locals voiced their opinion on Facebook regarding the ban, with many disagreeing with the decision.

One person said: “Maybe if they improved parking at the hospital people wouldn’t have to park down streets.”

Similarly, another said: “They seriously need to sort the parking at the hospital it’s a joke.”

Many commenters floated the idea of instead building a multi-storey car park.

One person said: “Just build a multi story car park.”

Someone else said: “With all the car parking land the hospital has why haven’t they built a multi-storey car park.”