Residents are calling for double yellow lines to stop motorists from making their street ‘unsafe’ due to bad parking.

Some 90 people across 87 households have urged the council to provide bollards and double yellow lines on both sides of the entrance road to Nicholas Gardens.

The residents’ petition reads: “The entrance road and pavements are continually obstructed by vehicles – including commercial and trade vehicles – on both sides and on the corners.”

It says that residents are now ‘unable to safety enter and exit’ their road due to ‘insufficient width and fear of an accident’.

The petition adds: “Some of our elderly residents are now so concerned that they do not leave the house at weekends when congestion is at a peak.

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“The vehicles also block both pavements, so pedestrians are forced to walk in the road which is hazardous, particularly as some residents have babies and small children in push chairs.”

The petition for parking restrictions in Nicholas Gardens was spearheaded by Wycombe Independent councillor Julia Wassell and presented to the council in September last year.

One resident said parking issues in Nicholas Gardens had ‘escalated since the pandemic’ and thanked Cllr Wassell and her team for their help with the petition.

Last month, the council’s parking team was asked to progress residents’ demands through the ‘parking control request form process’.

Dominic Barnes, the council’s deputy cabinet member for transport delivery, said this had resulted in three applications for parking improvements that were being considered under the ‘Opportunity Bucks’ scheme.

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