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BBC News
16-07-2025
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Views gathered on future Market Square vehicle ban
People are being encouraged to share their views on the future pedestrianisation of a town square after a bid to ban vehicles during winter previously divided opinion.A consultation, which will run until 26 August, has been launched by Castletown Commissioners on its future policy on banning vehicles in Market new local authority board said it planned to keep the summer closure but reverse previous plans to extended that to winter, instead only shutting the space for community consultation also includes plans to shorten the period of time the square is shut under the summer closure. Under the proposals, the summer closure would begin from the first Saturday in May instead of the current 1 reinstatement of parking would also be brought forward to the first Monday in September from the end of that month. However, the space is proposed to be closed during the Easter weekend each year. The local authority said it planned to put movable barriers in place to enforce the existing vehicle ban on Arbory Street and Malew local authority is also proposing to provide general disc parking within Barracks Square, including disabled parking and delivery bays for services to businesses and properties within pedestrianised of Castletown Commissioners Tony Brown said the board "believes it is important to consult with the town regarding major proposals such as this that will have an impact on residents and businesses".The process will run alongside another wider consultation on parking in the local authority said it would consider feedback and publish its final proposals before implementing the changes, which were hoped to be put in place in of the proposals have been made available at Castletown Town Hall and online. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
02-07-2025
- BBC News
Review of Castletown parking provision to be carried out
A review of parking provision across a town in the south of the Isle of Man is set to be carried out by the local authority for the Commissioners voted in favour of undertaking a strategic plan of the town's short-term, medium-term and long-term follows public feedback, sparked by previous plans to pedestrianise Market Square during the winter, that there was not enough parking in the centre or close to the John Cringle said there was a "finite" amount of parking in he town and it was "really important" different areas were considered for designation. The review is due to be completed in the autumn. 'Finding a balance' The plan, which will consider the views of local residents, would run alongside a separate review into the future parking provision at Market Square. Cringle said it was about "finding the balance" so residents felt they were "not disadvantaged by having to park miles away from their home, but equally that visitors can feel they can have a period of time where they can walk around and go to the shops."He said a new plan would be open to change and the commissioners would be "big enough" to acknowledge if it had not worked or if there were areas for had not been a "significant review" into the town's parking before, but there was a feeling that the current provision "was not being used efficiently", he idea was to have the shorter-term parking in the town centre, with more medium and longer-term parking further out, he added. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
