Land Registry re-organisation and parking issues
I had a discussion last week with the Highways Department at County Hall about a number of parking issues and they drew my attention to the fact that the two Land Registry Offices in Durham (Pity Me and Southfield Way) are to merge within the next two years and be housed at the Southfield Way site.
This may have amassive impact on parking in the area as the parking available at Southfield Way is totally inadequate for the number of staff that the office will then have to accommodate.
There are already issues with parking in a number of areas around North End, but unless something serious is done by the Land Registry to control its staff parking, I can see streets in parts of the area being swamped with commmuters cars.
If that happens, then there will have to be some decisive action by the County Council to deal with the problem. Highways are currently reluctant to extend the area of controlled (residents’) parking, but this may be the only course of action - if the problem comes to pass.
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