New parking restrictions in Slough have been introduced by a ‘morally bankrupt’ council that has ‘broken the trust’ of residents, those affected have said.

Slough Borough Council has introduced resident and shared use parking spaces and waiting restrictions in two areas of the town for up to 18 months.

One of the residents affected by the new restrictions is Mohamed Quraishi, who attacked what he called ‘ludicrous enforcement of residents parking’.

The resident of the Baylis and Stoke ward has appealed to the Conservative leader of the council, Dexter Smith to reconsider the parking enforcing, but says he has not received a reply.

Since then, Mohamed has written to the Labour MP for Slough Tan Dhesi on behalf of his fellow neighbours, asking him to help them overturn the new parking rules.

In his letter to the politician, he links the new parking restrictions to the cash-strapped council’s declaration of effective bankruptcy in 2021.

He writes: “The residents, MP and our ward councillor have been ignored. Last year the controlled parking zone for Seymour Road was overturned after residents and local councillors objected, so why is this same criteria not being applied to our area?

“We need you as our MP to speak to the Secretary of State for Transport and have this scrapped. The council have broken our trust and proven they are not only financially bankrupt but also morally and we will not engage on any consultation with council again.”

The new restrictions will be in force 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with limited waiting in the shared use parking spaces from 8am to 7pm, Mondays to Sundays inclusive.

The council said the new restrictions would be in force from August 2024.

Two ‘experimental traffic regulation orders’ have been enacted to prevent congestion, ‘avoid danger’ to pedestrians and drivers and to provide parking spaces for residents, businesses and their visitors, the local authority said.

A council spokesperson said: “Further aims are to promote sustainability and improve air quality by encouraging commuters to use alternatives to the private car.

“The order is being introduced as an experimental scheme so that the publics responses to it may be assessed over a trial period, before consideration is given to making the changes permanent.”

Parking restrictions in the ‘BS1 zone’ cover Carlisle Road, Frank Sutton Way, Godolphin Road, Lake Avenue, Redwood Gardens, Whitby Road and Woodland Avenue.

Restrictions in the ‘BS2 zone’ cover Baylis Road, Bradley Road, Carmathen Road, Leeds Road and Oakley Crescent.

More information, including the house numbers affected, is available online here: https://shorturl.at/Og0kW