Cherries’ fans get pledge on parking: restrictions won't become regular fixture (From Bournemouth Echo)

You can bet that whatever our slimy Council are up to, it will lead to the motorist and football fan being shafted again. The Council's decision to ticket those parked up at Easter for a Cherries match was an absolute disgrace. The pillocks in charge should have been shown the door for that, but it appears they are still there wasting our taxes.

Whilst I am not the biggest fan of the council and parking restrictions, I would have to say, more cones, more often please!
I love the cherries, I love living close the ground. I am less keen on my road being used for free parking, when there is a nice big car park at the stadium!
I am not against a bit of parking outside the house, but the volume is such that you take your life in your hands during a Saturday home game.
There were a lot more cones used a year or two ago, I would welcome them back.
Is there a problem with the stadium pay and display car park that I don't know about???

Yes what is wrong with using the car park.

Getting out of the car park is what is wrong.

Plus we all pay car tax to park sensibly in the street. Very very rarely is anyone's drive blocked. And I'm sure the football ground was there before residents bought their houses, so would have been well aware of match day parking before buying their houses.

The car tax argument is a bit lazy and a bit old, that same fee helps to pay for the car park access as well.
Plus, the football stadium wasn't there before the houses, and matchday parking used to be a lot more restricted, its a lot more relaxed these days.
By all means park outside if you need to, though don't break the rules banning its use Monday to Friday from 1200-1400 even residents get a ticket at this time!!
However, lets be honest, this is not about car tax or freedom of access, or who is right or wrong, you are simply saying I am too cheap to pay for a pay and display ticket and too important to queue.
Traffic is a nightmare after the game, I agree, but guess what, double parking on all the approach roads doesn't make it much better funnily enough!

The Cherries shop is behind my back garden so I'm pretty close. The cones do nothing as people now realise the only restrictions are Mon-Fri so people are ignoring the cones.

I don't mind all the cars. It's a bit hectic trying to get to my drive just after the final whistle but that's only a 10 minute window every 10 days or so that I learn to avoid. Not exactly a pain in the **se. The rest of the time it's very very quiet having a stadium in your back garden. Better than a row of houses. I think the perception is that residents are constantly moaning about AFCB. In truth I know about 20 people that live locally and all are either match going supporters or local residents who have no issue whatsoever with the parking, training pitches the car park etc etc. No doubt there are a few nearby that shout the loudest and claim to represent us all.

p.s If you can't find a space you can park on my drive for a tenner!

We would use the car park in Kings Park but for the fact it is nothing but a dust bowl, full of pot holes.
I have two wheelchair users and need a flat surface to get the tail lift down, the car park is not level.
There is a tarmac path next to the football club car park with signs asking that it be reserved for blue badge holders, but that means everyone who has a blue badge, not necessarily wheelchair users.
I have asked the club to be able to use one of the disabled bays in the club car park, but my request has been ignored.
So, the road it is, cones or no cones.

Should the car park be better?
Yes, totally agree its unsafe dustbowl.
Should the access in and out of the stadium be better?
Yes, the roads are a nightmare all week, not just when there is a game on, need an exit back on to the Wessex Way at the stadium!
Do I mind people parking outside the house?
No, its fine most of the time
Is it unreasonable for the council to try and make the roads safer by putting out cones, in a residential area where there are a lot of pedestrians and kids.
Also No!

Localcherry wrote:
Should the car park be better? Yes, totally agree its unsafe dustbowl. Should the access in and out of the stadium be better? Yes, the roads are a nightmare all week, not just when there is a game on, need an exit back on to the Wessex Way at the stadium! Do I mind people parking outside the house? No, its fine most of the time Is it unreasonable for the council to try and make the roads safer by putting out cones, in a residential area where there are a lot of pedestrians and kids. Also No!

Remind me who blocked the clubs plans to resurface the car park at no cost to the tax payer?

ragj195 wrote:
The Cherries shop is behind my back garden so I'm pretty close. The cones do nothing as people now realise the only restrictions are Mon-Fri so people are ignoring the cones.

I don't mind all the cars. It's a bit hectic trying to get to my drive just after the final whistle but that's only a 10 minute window every 10 days or so that I learn to avoid. Not exactly a pain in the **se. The rest of the time it's very very quiet having a stadium in your back garden. Better than a row of houses. I think the perception is that residents are constantly moaning about AFCB. In truth I know about 20 people that live locally and all are either match going supporters or local residents who have no issue whatsoever with the parking, training pitches the car park etc etc. No doubt there are a few nearby that shout the loudest and claim to represent us all.

p.s If you can't find a space you can park on my drive for a tenner!

Even better ragj195, why not allow djd or someone else with a genuine need to use your drive on matchday?

I'm sure you could come to a suitable agreement - although £10 a game seems a bit steep :)


P.S. Well done on being a perfect example of live and let live rather than nimby. \o/

djd wrote:
We would use the car park in Kings Park but for the fact it is nothing but a dust bowl, full of pot holes.
I have two wheelchair users and need a flat surface to get the tail lift down, the car park is not level.
There is a tarmac path next to the football club car park with signs asking that it be reserved for blue badge holders, but that means everyone who has a blue badge, not necessarily wheelchair users.
I have asked the club to be able to use one of the disabled bays in the club car park, but my request has been ignored.
So, the road it is, cones or no cones.

You can park on my drive for free. It's about as close as you'll get to the gates on Thistlebarrow Rd. Email ragj197@orangehome.c
o.uk and I'll reply with the house number.

Anyone who owns a house near the ground knew it was there when they brought it. The parking on nearby roads should be permitted as it is any other day. I got done on a bank holiday Monday which was a sneaky thing to do and the local authority should be ashsm of themselves.

Localcherry wrote:
The car tax argument is a bit lazy and a bit old, that same fee helps to pay for the car park access as well.
Plus, the football stadium wasn't there before the houses, and matchday parking used to be a lot more restricted, its a lot more relaxed these days.
By all means park outside if you need to, though don't break the rules banning its use Monday to Friday from 1200-1400 even residents get a ticket at this time!!
However, lets be honest, this is not about car tax or freedom of access, or who is right or wrong, you are simply saying I am too cheap to pay for a pay and display ticket and too important to queue.
Traffic is a nightmare after the game, I agree, but guess what, double parking on all the approach roads doesn't make it much better funnily enough!

Actually, the ground was there before the houses in Littledown. I am still amazed that people move next to a football ground and then moan about it being there. Most streets in Bournemouth are narrow and packed with parking - the complete opposite of roads around Thistlebarrow Rd. Still, a few people in a well off street get upset people park in 'their' street for an couple of hours a week... do the few moaners around there not realise streets in normal areas are normally packed with parked cars every day of the week?

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bmth & bosc athletic wrote:

Localcherry wrote:
The car tax argument is a bit lazy and a bit old, that same fee helps to pay for the car park access as well.
Plus, the football stadium wasn't there before the houses, and matchday parking used to be a lot more restricted, its a lot more relaxed these days.
By all means park outside if you need to, though don't break the rules banning its use Monday to Friday from 1200-1400 even residents get a ticket at this time!!
However, lets be honest, this is not about car tax or freedom of access, or who is right or wrong, you are simply saying I am too cheap to pay for a pay and display ticket and too important to queue.
Traffic is a nightmare after the game, I agree, but guess what, double parking on all the approach roads doesn't make it much better funnily enough!

Actually, the ground was there before the houses in Littledown. I am still amazed that people move next to a football ground and then moan about it being there. Most streets in Bournemouth are narrow and packed with parking - the complete opposite of roads around Thistlebarrow Rd. Still, a few people in a well off street get upset people park in 'their' street for an couple of hours a week... do the few moaners around there not realise streets in normal areas are normally packed with parked cars every day of the week?

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That's a great picture! I'm going to go over to Queens Park and start driving golf balls through peoples windows because the course was there first.

I haven't got an issue with parking but the whole stadium was there first attitude is a pretty ignorant way of managing match day parking. Do all the people in a street with double parked cars leave for work within 5 minutes of each other while weaving in and out of pedestrians walking in the road?

ragj195 wrote:

bmth & bosc athletic wrote:

Localcherry wrote:
The car tax argument is a bit lazy and a bit old, that same fee helps to pay for the car park access as well.
Plus, the football stadium wasn't there before the houses, and matchday parking used to be a lot more restricted, its a lot more relaxed these days.
By all means park outside if you need to, though don't break the rules banning its use Monday to Friday from 1200-1400 even residents get a ticket at this time!!
However, lets be honest, this is not about car tax or freedom of access, or who is right or wrong, you are simply saying I am too cheap to pay for a pay and display ticket and too important to queue.
Traffic is a nightmare after the game, I agree, but guess what, double parking on all the approach roads doesn't make it much better funnily enough!

Actually, the ground was there before the houses in Littledown. I am still amazed that people move next to a football ground and then moan about it being there. Most streets in Bournemouth are narrow and packed with parking - the complete opposite of roads around Thistlebarrow Rd. Still, a few people in a well off street get upset people park in 'their' street for an couple of hours a week... do the few moaners around there not realise streets in normal areas are normally packed with parked cars every day of the week?

http://www.streets-o


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That's a great picture! I'm going to go over to Queens Park and start driving golf balls through peoples windows because the course was there first.

I haven't got an issue with parking but the whole stadium was there first attitude is a pretty ignorant way of managing match day parking. Do all the people in a street with double parked cars leave for work within 5 minutes of each other while weaving in and out of pedestrians walking in the road?

You are exaggerating the situation. Most streets are double parked all over town and yes are sometimes busy with pedestrians. Most people are capable of driving and walking safely without vaste empty roads free from any hazard. They can do it on the other sides of the park on match days. Every other town and city have areas with sports stadiums and on street parking. Usually with much narrower roads.

I suggest this is more about protecting the posh roads from traffic than safety.

bmth & bosc athletic wrote:

ragj195 wrote:

bmth & bosc athletic wrote:

Localcherry wrote:
The car tax argument is a bit lazy and a bit old, that same fee helps to pay for the car park access as well.
Plus, the football stadium wasn't there before the houses, and matchday parking used to be a lot more restricted, its a lot more relaxed these days.
By all means park outside if you need to, though don't break the rules banning its use Monday to Friday from 1200-1400 even residents get a ticket at this time!!
However, lets be honest, this is not about car tax or freedom of access, or who is right or wrong, you are simply saying I am too cheap to pay for a pay and display ticket and too important to queue.
Traffic is a nightmare after the game, I agree, but guess what, double parking on all the approach roads doesn't make it much better funnily enough!

Actually, the ground was there before the houses in Littledown. I am still amazed that people move next to a football ground and then moan about it being there. Most streets in Bournemouth are narrow and packed with parking - the complete opposite of roads around Thistlebarrow Rd. Still, a few people in a well off street get upset people park in 'their' street for an couple of hours a week... do the few moaners around there not realise streets in normal areas are normally packed with parked cars every day of the week?

http://www.streets-o



f-bournemouth.org.uk



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That's a great picture! I'm going to go over to Queens Park and start driving golf balls through peoples windows because the course was there first.

I haven't got an issue with parking but the whole stadium was there first attitude is a pretty ignorant way of managing match day parking. Do all the people in a street with double parked cars leave for work within 5 minutes of each other while weaving in and out of pedestrians walking in the road?

You are exaggerating the situation. Most streets are double parked all over town and yes are sometimes busy with pedestrians. Most people are capable of driving and walking safely without vaste empty roads free from any hazard. They can do it on the other sides of the park on match days. Every other town and city have areas with sports stadiums and on street parking. Usually with much narrower roads.

I suggest this is more about protecting the posh roads from traffic than safety.

That's rubbish. Pretty much every football ground in the country has parking restrictions that are much more aggressive than we see here on match days. I can't think of many grounds were you can park for free within 100m of the stadium. The posh road comment doesn't stand up as there are no cones in Littledown Drive and some other roads which from what I can see have houses worth much more than ones in Thistlebarrow Rd. No one here has said cars shouldn't park on the road so stop the ranting.

bmth & bosc athletic wrote:

Localcherry wrote:
The car tax argument is a bit lazy and a bit old, that same fee helps to pay for the car park access as well.
Plus, the football stadium wasn't there before the houses, and matchday parking used to be a lot more restricted, its a lot more relaxed these days.
By all means park outside if you need to, though don't break the rules banning its use Monday to Friday from 1200-1400 even residents get a ticket at this time!!
However, lets be honest, this is not about car tax or freedom of access, or who is right or wrong, you are simply saying I am too cheap to pay for a pay and display ticket and too important to queue.
Traffic is a nightmare after the game, I agree, but guess what, double parking on all the approach roads doesn't make it much better funnily enough!

Actually, the ground was there before the houses in Littledown. I am still amazed that people move next to a football ground and then moan about it being there. Most streets in Bournemouth are narrow and packed with parking - the complete opposite of roads around Thistlebarrow Rd. Still, a few people in a well off street get upset people park in 'their' street for an couple of hours a week... do the few moaners around there not realise streets in normal areas are normally packed with parked cars every day of the week?

http://www.streets-o

f-bournemouth.org.uk

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By the way. The picture shows a football ground adjacent to what appears to be the beginning of houses being built. It does't show a stadium. If you neighbours house turned into a 30 story tower block would you be okay with that?

By you way of thinking if Bournemouth Airport turned into the biggest airport in Europe any new houses built under it's flight path shouldn't moan because the airport was there first. Mental.

ragj195 wrote:

djd wrote:
We would use the car park in Kings Park but for the fact it is nothing but a dust bowl, full of pot holes.
I have two wheelchair users and need a flat surface to get the tail lift down, the car park is not level.
There is a tarmac path next to the football club car park with signs asking that it be reserved for blue badge holders, but that means everyone who has a blue badge, not necessarily wheelchair users.
I have asked the club to be able to use one of the disabled bays in the club car park, but my request has been ignored.
So, the road it is, cones or no cones.

You can park on my drive for free. It's about as close as you'll get to the gates on Thistlebarrow Rd. Email ragj197@orangehome.c

o.uk and I'll reply with the house number.

Thanks ragj195, I've E Mailed you.

You've been more help than the club has.