markyou Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/council-extend-bristols-largest-residents-1148137 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no_merde Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Welcome to Corbyn's Britain!! Utter disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Doesn't affect me personally- I don't drive to AG as I walk half hour or so each way on matchday- about an hr round trip or so most games. So I'm lucky enough I guess not to need to drive to AG. In terms of this...it's not too surprising to me, as the club and the council are disputing the parking zone issue...club say under 25,000 for Wolves so it doesn't trigger the issue, so the council are pushing it forward off their own back. It's only once a week, well less than in fact- they should suck it up as the necessary price of being near a football ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 21 minutes ago, no_merde said: Welcome to Corbyn's Britain!! Utter disgrace. Oh.when was the election? I think you'll find it's DUP Britain ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 So, where do we park then? Have the council come through with an alternative? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Really is a piss take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Do people think parking is easy to come by at PL grounds or other grounds- predominantly the ones not new builds out of town? Pretty sure it isn't.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappers Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 When did Jeremy Corbyn become PM? Be all his fault if we don't get promoted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 1 minute ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Do people think parking is easy to come by at PL grounds or other grounds? Pretty sure it isn't.. Agree. But there needs to be an alternative solution, ie rail, bus, park&ride services, nearby affordable car parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 1 minute ago, Harry said: Agree. But there needs to be an alternative solution, ie rail, bus, park&ride services, nearby affordable car parks. I fully agree with that. The council have to provide viable Plan B otherwise people will drive- because they have to. As it is, the football brings good business to areas and people may get there earlier/later so the local residents as it stands should suck it up given it's under once a week each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazred Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Allow football stadium thats been there for 100+ years to expand to 27,000. Then prevent any local parking on matchdays without lining up an alternative. Bristol in a nutshell. 1 step forwards several steps back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chappers Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Residents besieged in their homes...... 3 hours once a fortnight, dates known we'll in advance so you can plan your life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRaw Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 5 minutes ago, Gazred said: Allow football stadium thats been there for 100+ years to expand to 27,000. Then prevent any local parking on matchdays without lining up an alternative. Bristol in a nutshell. 1 step forwards several steps back. Whilst having a council owned 2000 space cark park half a mile down the road which is barely used, unavailable to football fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, RedRaw said: Whilst having a council owned 2000 space cark park half a mile down the road which is barely used, unavailable to football fans That really is weird as, that element of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 From the point of view of the residents, they're already paying a stealth tax on parking so it must be a bit annoying to pay up for 9-5 Friday when you're mostly at work and get no benefit on the weekend, irrespective of football/rugby crowds. It doesn't help that since parking bays have been marked out there are actually fewer because perfectly safe spaces were suddenly deemed to be unsafe. As others have said, the problem isn't necessarily giving the residents priority, it's providing no alternative for people who currently have no choice but to drive. Opening the P&R would be a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Red Hat Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 47 minutes ago, no_merde said: Welcome to Corbyn's Britain!! Utter disgrace. What a ridiculous thing to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Trouble is with public transport compared to driving is that it’s relatively expensive ( as well as being late, crammed, unreliable and dirty). It’s two buses for me to get to AG, a £2 fare for each leg, so add £8 onto the price of my match ticket. Yes a day ticket is £4.50 so that’s a little saving. But as 3 or 4 of us travel to games that still could be as much as £32 on the bus or £18 if we buy a day ticket. You could dive for miles for £18, not only one match. When we have Saturday Tuesday matches it’s looks even more expensive. Even the A Bus charged £2 a journey when I went on it a couple of months back. Its a 3 mile walk for me, takes exactly an hour, so 6 miles there and back. I know as I walked it the other day. I have also walked from the centre too recently, so I have done it but am not prepared to do it each and every match, especially when I’ve been on my feet all day. There needs to be an alternative, but it certainly has to be cheap and reliable to make people like me change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, RedM said: Trouble is with public transport compared to driving is that it’s relatively expensive ( as well as being late, crammed, unreliable and dirty). It’s two buses for me to get to AG, a £2 fare for each leg, so add £8 onto the price of my match ticket. Yes a day ticket is £4.50 so that’s a little saving. But as 3 or 4 of us travel to games that still could be as much as £32 on the bus or £18 if we buy a day ticket. You could dive for miles for £18, not only one match. When we have Saturday Tuesday matches it’s looks even more expensive. Even the A Bus charged £2 a journey when I went on it a couple of months back. Its a 3 mile walk for me, takes exactly an hour, so 6 miles there and back. I know as I walked it the other day. I have also walked from the centre too recently, so I have done it but am not prepared to do it each and every match, especially when I’ve been on my feet all day. There needs to be an alternative, but it certainly has to be cheap and reliable to make people like me change. If there's 3/4 of you a taxi could possibly be easier and cheaper for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Can see both sides to be honest, pretty sure if we didn’t have our football fan heads on then we’d be sympathetic to residents. But as said there needs to be viable alternatives, and with the state of Bristol public transport it makes it very difficult for a large number of people to not drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Council wise Bristol has always been a place where if people are having to much fun - **** it up some way, if an attraction is becoming to popular and a lot of people are enjoying themselves - **** it up and of course if that fails then **** up plans for anything that might benefit Bristol that is in the planning stage and of course to ensure this state of affairs continues elect another even more useless mayor than the last guy. But hey we have the dream of an underground system to look forward to and to take people to all of Bristol's major attractions where big crowds gather and cause traffic/parking problems (obviously) mainly in the South Bristol area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dredd Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Going to effect local businesses on non match Saturdays too. Best thing to to do is get to the Prem asap. We’ll never kick off at 3pm on Saturday then anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC&T Board Members Blagdon red Posted February 1, 2018 SC&T Board Members Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 This looks largely like a non-story to me. No roads south of North Street are affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Did I somehow manage to miss the map of the streets this covers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 I found the most shocking part of the story was the fact that they have been paying a company £300K+ a year to open and close the LA Park & Ride every day, a subsidy that was supposed to have ended 16 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Marvin Rees and his useless band of fawning sycophants are a ****ing joke. Any plans to open the P&R or the development of "Wickes Island" are ages away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Marvin Rees is more of a joke than George Ferguson. Says it all really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 8 minutes ago, Super said: Marvin Rees is more of a joke than George Ferguson. Says it all really. And that about sums it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRaw Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 21 minutes ago, Blagdon red said: This looks largely like a non-story to me. No roads south of North Street are affected. Well its a story for those people that currently park north of North Street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Tel Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 1 hour ago, slartibartfast said: Oh.when was the election? I think you'll find it's DUP Britain ! Couple of years ago, when the Labour Mayor was elected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 8 minutes ago, Red Tel said: Couple of years ago, when the Labour Mayor was elected. Jeremy Corbyn is Mayor?? You turn your back for five minutes ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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