Plea for double yellow lines outside Oswestry balloon factory
Ballooning expert and businessman Per Lindstrand is calling for double yellow lines outside his factory in a bid to stop vehicles blocking his parking spaces.
Mr Lindstrand said that after calling for the restrictions for about 10 years he was delighted to see a line marking truck turning up on the industrial estate off Maesbury Road in Oswestry.
"I have made numerous approaches to the council and I was overjoyed that it seemed my request had finally been granted," he said.
"When I came back from lunch they had painted single and double yellow lines in front of all the premises on the estate except mine where I have two short white lines.
"The result of this is that the only place the trucks can park legally is outside of my premises blocking the parking lot. So instead of fulfilling my request they have made the situation worse.
"On contacting the council I was informed that yellow paint was not in the budget which sounds a bit strange as they had to empty the yellow paint clean the equipment and refill with white paint to paint two short strips."
The record holding balloonist said he had been running his business for more than 40 years on the Maesbury Road Industrial estate and in that time had exported about £150,000,000 of lighter than air equipment.
"We have on the average employed 45 people the only thing I have ever asked the council to provide me is a yellow stripe outside my factory to stop the trucks going next door blocking my parking lot.
Dave Gradwell, Shropshire Council’s area traffic engineer north, said: “Unfortunately, at the present time, there is no legal Traffic Regulation Order in place to allow the provision of double yellow lines outside Linstrand Technologies on Mile Oak Industrial Estate.
"However, I can confirm that the introduction of further parking restrictions on Mile Oak Industrial Estate is something that has been requested by a number of businesses on the Industrial Estate, including by Lindstrand Technologies, and this is something that could be given further consideration subject to the necessary funding being available in order to progress such a scheme."
“The white H bar markings that were previously provided outside Linstrand Technologies to deter parking, have been replaced as part of the recent carriageway resurfacing scheme.”
Oswestry's Business Improvement District Group is looking as schemes to improve the parking situation at the industrial estate.
