Hospital parking in Wonford

Councillors attended a meeting on 12 August with representatives of the RD&E and highway officers of Devon County Council to discuss hospital parking.

The RD&E is working with the County Council to produce a travel plan intended to reduce the number of hospital staff, patients and visitors who use on-street parking in Wonford.

Some improvements are already taking place with 107 parking spaces being brought back into use after the recent building work and negotiations underway to obtain a further 130 spaces offsite.

The next meeting of the Exeter Highways and Traffic Orders Committee on 5 November will be discussing plans to offer residents-only parking zones to those who live locally.

Councillor Andy Hannan welcomed these developments, "This is a big issue for the people of Wonford who need more opportunities to park their vehicles locally".