Castletown parking - a polite request

[Scuttler]

Originally Posted by UKPhil

Parking in Castletown has become a bit of a nightmare for us residents due to divers not using the public car parks

Might be worth contacting the council to get residents permits or something to make life easier.

[David]

Originally Posted by UKPhil

Parking in Castletown has become a bit of a nightmare for us residents due to divers not using the public car parks provided but parking outside our homes instead. Ths means that we often have nowhere to park and some of us are ending up with parking tickets- see the attached pics!

I know that there is no parking restriction along the road and that the divers are doing nothing wrong legally, bit please use the proper car parks provided to help the residents out!

With Thanks

Phil

with thanks... :-)

why dont you (The residents) use the car park to park then ?

it looks empty

David

[UKPhil]

Thanks for all the comments, pretty much as expected.

Obviously we are looking into residents parking, but trying to get the Council to do anything...

It will all change anyway with the Olympics, then they'll probably charge you £100 even to drive onto the Island ;-)

cheers
Phil

[Steve Summers]

Originally Posted by Stesh

If you think £6 bad, wait till you see this:-

Car Parking in St Abbs - Scottish Borders Council

That's why I always stay a Billy's place or use the harbourmasters park [£5 for the day]

Safe diving,
Steve

[Air Guzzler]

Originally Posted by JasonP

If the car park wasn't such a rip off, people might park there as it's nearer. But at 6 quid a day, not going to happen, is it?

Jason

Jason Im sorry ive not read any further than you post but £6 FFS try parking in Machester to work ive had to pay 80p / 15mins for a meeting that lasted 5 1/2 hours total cost £17.60 now thats a P1$$ take

[triplefin]

have to agree 6 quid is very reasonable for a day and its not like they patrol the car park early in the morning to catch out the people who have parked overnight - also the spaces are a reasonable size.

[JasonP]

Originally Posted by Air Guzzler

Jason Im sorry ive not read any further than you post but £6 FFS try parking in Machester to work ive had to pay 80p / 15mins for a meeting that lasted 5 1/2 hours total cost £17.60 now thats a P1$$ take

Central Manchester and Castletown aren't really comparable, are they? And the road we're talking about isn't particularly residential. It's got shops and pubs in it.

Weymouth and Portland is more expensive to park than just about everywhere else I can think of that I visit on the south coast. Many marinas, including Eastbourne, Littlehampton, etc are free. Can't remember what I used to pay in Poole, but it wasn't 6 quid.

Jason

[Bardo]

Originally Posted by JasonP

If the car park wasn't such a rip off, people might park there as it's nearer. But at 6 quid a day, not going to happen, is it?

Couldn't agree more, personally. As others have said, I'd be inclined to ask the council to introduce some sort of residents parking permit scheme or - better still (but with less change of success) - get them to drop their parking charges.

[ross the diver]

Originally Posted by triplefin

have to agree 6 quid is very reasonable for a day and its not like they patrol the car park early in the morning to catch out the people who have parked overnight - also the spaces are a reasonable size.

well i live and work here and its only sat and sun that are bad but never that bad, and as for getting away early in the morning i have had a ticket in the carpark at 6am so dont chance it there a mean lot in weymouth/portland

[purple vonny]

I think you just have to grin and bear it. Public parking on a public road. It's a bone of contention everywhere and I used to live for years in a place that I couldn't park near.

When I moved to Weymouth I made sure my house had

parking
an outside tap to rinse kit
a shed to keep kit in.

I still get eejits parking over my driveway. But if they park outside on the public road with unrestricted parking, not a lot anyone can do about it except:

a)moan
b)move

Last year at Old Harbour, I had to bring my kit to work and then drive home and come back to work on my bike.

That's a seaside town for you.

Bummer eh?