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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR TREASURY AND RESOURCES BY DEPUTY R.G. LE HÉRISSIER OF ST. SAVIOUR
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 20th JANUARY 2009
Question
What issues, if any, arise in managing public car parking on the Rue des Pres Trading Estate and how are these issues being resolved?
Answer Background
The land which currently forms the 42 space car park was originally acquired as part of the Rue des Pres Trading Estate Development and was retained by the Public (former Planning Committee) together with the Estate roads and verges. The original concept was for the car park to provide free parking to all users at Rue des Pres and it was historically policed by the Planning Enforcement Officers.
Current Situation
The current parking arrangements are not satisfactory for two reasons
- Areas adjacent toeach industrial unit originally intended for parking have been developedas building extensions.
- The public car park is usually full with staff cars and or cars awaiting repair by a local business.
Visitors are therefore parking illegally outside units and causing obstructions
Thus the key issue may be summarised as a shortage of parking spaces for staff, business use and visitors leading to illegal parking and traffic congestion
To address this situation Property Holdings is considering the following options. However, each has a significant cost implication for which funding is not presently available.
- Employ the servicesof a wheel clamping company to police thecar park and effectively make it for short stay parking only;
- Erect a parking barrier and employ the services of a managingagent to let thespaces;
- Designate the car park undertheRoad Traffic (Public Parking Places) (Jersey)Order1985,which would enable it to be policed byT&TS.(This option has been considered in the past,however,T&TSwas unwilling to take onthe responsibility of an additional carpark);
- Transfer theownershipof the car park to the ParishofStSaviourby means of a conveyance passed before the RoyalCourt.The Parish would then be responsible for policing the car park pursuant to the 1985 Order.(Discussions have previously occurred with the Parish, however, the Planning Committeeat the timedidnotwishto dispose of the car park);
- Dispose of the car park ontheopenmarket with a restriction that itbe used only for parking.
- Investigate developmentofthecar park siteas a multi-storeycar-park.
- Retain the car-park land,butleaseitas private parking.
The Transport and Technical services department is currently working on plans to reconfigure the current site
landscaping in order to make further parking spaces available adjacent to each unit.
To significantly improve on site parking at Rue des Pres a combination of these initiatives may be necessary including safeguards to ensure that the viability of the trading estate is not compromised.
I have asked the Property Services Department to work with the Parish of St Saviour to establish the best way forward.