Cars parked in Fresh Dental’s spaces in Le Foulon which intruded onto the pavement led Deputy Barry Brehaut to tweet: ‘Poor design compounded by inconsiderate behaviour. Have raised the matter twice informally, will now put pen to paper.’
The proprietor of the dentists, Dr Nav Khaira, has since been contacted via email by the deputy.
A resident of the area, Deputy Brehaut said he walked the road three to four times a day and often had to walk around parked cars and into the road.
‘The clinic [which fronts onto the Rohais] is clearly thriving and I wish them well. Quite simply, I would like the proprietors to look again at the parking arrangements – hopefully with just some creative use of signage things may improve.
‘It’s unacceptable that parents with pushchairs, wheelchair users and pedestrians generally have to walk in the middle of the road, at the top of a hill, on a blind corner because a car is blocking the footpath.
‘More generally we are seeing a type of disregard for the footpath being a refuge for pedestrians – it’s common to find vehicles parked on footpaths, parked across footpaths and, of course, driving on footpaths is almost considered acceptable. As ever, it’s a matter of enforcement, a more proactive stance would see a change in behaviours,’ he said.
Dr Khaira said there were perhaps wider issues with the availability of parking more generally in the island.
‘We try to control the parking as much as possible. But some patients drive huge cars and it is beyond our reasonable control. We advise patients not to park if it causes an obstruction. But perhaps there needs to be a proper transport strategy for the island including vehicle size, public transport, encourage cycling, which would address numerous issues facing the island – congestion, pollution, health, obesity etc.
‘I have been on the island for almost 20 years and on a daily basis see vehicles parked in/on drives overlapping pavements, actually on pavements.
‘You just have to look in the PEH car park daily to see there is an issue there (cars parked on verges, pavements, on no-parking zones) because there just is not enough parking,’ he said.
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