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There were calls for action before a tragedy occurs\"WirralWirral Council has taken action to try and address parking issues on Arrowe Brook Road(Image: Copyright Unknown)<\/p>\n

People have said they feel trapped on a Merseyside estate due to a \u201cdangerous\u201d parking problem that is only getting worse. Labour councillor Mark Skillicorn asked Wirral<\/a> Council to take action \u201cbefore it leads to tragedy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Following a unanimous decision by councillors at an environment and transport committee, the local authority has banned parking along the north side of Arrowe Boork Road in Wirral. <\/a>The no waiting at any time restrictions will be introduced after safety concerns were raised by the public, businesses, and councillors in the area.<\/p>\n

However 50 objections had been recieved over the plans from parents who park along the road to watch their daughters play football on nearby pitches. <\/a>Council officers said they had tried to find a compromise keeping the south side of the road available for parking but help relieve the gridlock issues in the area.<\/a><\/p>\n

Used by Wirral and Cheshire\u2019s girls\u2019 football leagues, over 200 girls play every weekend in up to 36 matches across 12 pitches. Photos seen by the ECHO<\/a> show long queues of traffic and cars parked on grass verges and pavements.<\/p>\n

Cllr Skillicorn told the ECHO<\/a> there had recently been a 20 minute stand off meaning people could not leave a nearby estate for over half an hour.<\/p>\n

The Greasby councillor said he\u2019d knocked on every door of the 127 homes on Arrowe Brook Park Estate and found total support for the new restrictions as well as numerous complaints. He said businesses on nearby industrial estates were struggling to operate due to blocked entrances and some were unable to open at times.<\/p>\n

He said people had made it clear the current situation \u201chas become intolerable and is worsening,\u201d adding this had to be a priority \u201cnot the inconvenience of those parking irresponsibly\u201d.<\/p>\n

Cllr Skillicorn told councillors there had even been confrontations between motorists and people \u201chave been trapped in their own estate raising serious concerns about access for emergency vehicles\u201d. He said the issues \u201cmust be addressed before it leads to tragedy\u201d.<\/p>\n

Despite the concerns, he asked councillors to also try and find a solution to the problems in order to support parents trying to park in the area.<\/p>\n

\"RestrictionsRestrictions will be introduced on the north side of Arrowe Brook Road.(Image: Copyright Unknown)<\/p>\n

During the debate, councillors pressed for a solution asking for officers to encourage talks between football associations and the owners of two nearby industrial estates. This is not a responsibility of the council but officers said they would try, adding the sport had been \u201ca victim of its own success\u201d.<\/p>\n

Greasby Green Cllr Gail Jenkinson said she welcomed the restrictions, adding she goes to a gym in the area and \u201cgetting there at the weekend is pretty awful\u201d, but added: \u201cThe last thing I want to do it discourage the girls and their families from cheering them on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Labour Cllr Liz Grey, who chairs the committee, said she supported the restrictions with a heavy heart because of the sport\u2019s success but it was \u201ca problematic and very dangerous situation we are facing\u201d.<\/p>\n

She pointed out emergency vehicles would not be able to get through if the road was blocked, potentially endangering people in the wider area of Greasby.<\/p>\n

Conservative Cllr Jenny Johnson said the growth of women\u2019s football was commendable and fantastic and wanted to see a solution to the parking issues before the restrictions were introduced as it was a really tough area for parking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There were calls for action before a tragedy occursWirral Council has taken action to try and address parking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,6333,179,285,16,15,8881,9313],"class_list":{"0":"post-515608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-housing","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wirral","17":"tag-wirral-council"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115409203576584762","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}