Parking ban planned for road near Royal Preston Hospital
A daytime parking ban is set to be introduced on a cul-de-sac close to the Royal Preston Hospital to prevent staff leaving their cars there.
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.
The report states: “Concerns [have] been raised regarding vehicles parking on and near the junctions, causing sight line issues to vehicles exiting and entering Moorfield Close.”
The authority is currently carrying out a public consultation into the planned new rules and anybody wishing to comment should email [email protected], quoting ref:LSG4/102281/AFR, by 3rd April, or write to: The Director of Law and Governance, Lancashire County Council, PO Box 100, County Hall, Preston, PR1 0LD.