Wrote again to the people who are supposed to be responsible for these issues at the County Council: extract:
"Although I understand that parking is a county matter, there are a number of concerns being expressed to me, in my role as a district councillor, about the parking restrictions now in place in Duxford and Station Road, and seperately, about the traffic-calming arrangements around the Guildhall, which do not seem to be working.
With regard to Station Road, the speeds at which cars seek to maneuver round the chicanes of parked cars which are now there is something that people who cycle, or whose children cycle, are concerned about, because the lines of sight are not good. With regard to Royston Road, people had sought a yellow line restriction, which does not appear to have materialised. Again, for residents coming out of driveways this is now not easy, especially for a number of elderly people who live there, who find their drives boxed in. Their concern is additionally that there appears to be no enforcement activity, which might induce commuters parking there to do so more responsibly and not block driveways.
The Guildhall corner appears to have a number of parking bays, which seem to be too small, and which block exits from driveways, but also block the the sightlines for oncoming traffic. The various curves and pillars around the junction do not appear to have any effect on speed, and again, a level of enforcement might be needed to persuade people to drive more carefully.
My original letters sought your assistance in understanding the principles that lay behind the various schemes, and I must now press you for a reply."
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