Petition arises to support residents and businesses with the parking problems of the town centre.
A petition for either an affordable full day parking pass to be purchased at a fair rate for employees of the area, free parking for the first 2 hours or just a completely new system implemented to help the area and people who work there. An anonymous person of Ellesmere port stated that we are a 'declining town, with business owners struggling and people struggling.
In their write-up, thy stated that car parking is a real issue and that 'something needs to be done before Ellesmere Port town centre ends up entirely empty and void of any business.
They described that some issues are:
- Drain leaking raw sewage all over a large portion of the car park, making all the local shops having to deal with a terrible smell. This lasted for over a month.
-Parking machines never work correctly, if at all. Making them unable to be used, resulting in a ticket.
-Used needles over various areas of a car park which subsequently pops people's tired.
-Human and dog faeces everywhere.
- Litter on almost every single car parking space, including broken glass.
Local people use the carpark is almost 90% empty except directly outside of Asda, showing that nobody is supporting our small businesses. In almost just a week, the petition has collected 311 signatures, will you be one of the many supporting others in our town and sign? Link to the petition is above.
