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Subject: Dropped Kerbs
Date: 23rd January 08
Comment: Why are there not double yellow lines in front of drop kerbs? Surely letting cars park in front of them defeats their purpose.
Response: It is not Portsmouth City Council policy to protect private property with double yellow lines. Double yellow lines are only used for Road Safety and or traffic flow. Entrance markings are enforceable by the Police under the current Obstruction legislation.
Subject: Parking across dropped kerbs
Date: 14th January 08
Comment: I recently saw a women on a mobility scooter trying to go from the road onto a path, but was blocked by a car parked in front of a drop kerb. Is it illegal to park in front of a drop kerb? If so why are there not double yellow lines in front of them?.
Response: It is not illegal to park in front of dropped kerbs therefore it can not be enforced by the police or parking attendants unless double yellow lines are present.
Subject: Accessible walks for wheelchair users
Date: 6th November 07
Comment: Could you tell me where there are wheelchair accessible walks in and around Portsmouth other than along Southsea seafront please ?
Response:
We have a wheel chair accessible site known as Hilsea Lines which has woodland, lakes, meadows and even a section of ancient monument which is partially accessible by wheel chairs. To access the site there is a combination of kissing gates and gates with RADAR locks. The best places to access the site are on London Road by Solent Citroen and Peronne Road near Scott Road (nearest postcodes for a Multimap search are PO3 5LS and PO2 9RR)
Information about Hilsea Lines can be found under internal links.
The best place for information about Hampshire walks outside Portsmouth would be the Hampshire County Council Rights of Way web listed under external links. (NB. I think the best accessible down land walk that is quite near to here is Old Winchester Hill, details are contained on the HCC Leisure and Tourism web site).
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