Four car parking spaces at risk

Sunday 14 January 2024

Four car parking spaces will be lost at North Beach if planning permission is given for a new bicycle shelter and more bike hoops within the car park.

As previously reported by Express, an application has been lodged for permission to create the additional bike parking in the southern section of the car park, which already has a shelter and hoops available.

Pictured: The previous Express report on the proposed additional bike parking.

The existing bike shelter and hoops along the southern wall of North Beach are often full, particularly when the weather is good encouraging more people to cycle to town for work or leisure purposes. 

However, if approved, the new bike parking will see the loss of four parking spaces to allow space for multiple push bikes. 

There are currently 114 two-hour spaces, with those believed to be at risk as they are at the top end of North Beach where the bike parking is located.

The plans to remove car parking spaces and replace them with bicycle parking fits with the wider aim of encouraging more of us to use active travel to get around the island.

As well as the existing bike parking to the southern side of North Beach there is a moveable bike rack near the Pétanque courts to the northern side of North Beach, along with bike shelters on the Crown and Albert piers and hoops at the Sunken Gardens, along with a moveable bike rack also at the top of Smith Street.

There are other bicycle hoops around the central town area as well as across the island.

There are multiple car parks in town too including at Salerie Corner, the Crown and Albert Piers, Havelet and elsewhere.  

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