‘Downright lawlessness’ regarding parking on Tortola – Skelton-Cline
“We’re getting a lot of complaints from neighbours in the community regarding this parking, we don’t park well in the town, we don’t park well in the local neighbourhoods.
“People are using the street as though it is their public place. What supposed to be a dual road turns into a single road,” he said in listing a number of road violations.
Calling for Virgin Islanders to be more respectful regarding the use of the roadways in the territory, Mr Skelton-Cline further urged building managers to provide designated parking.
Need for Designated parking
“There has to be properly designated parking, people cannot be using the streets for their private space,” he said.
The Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF) was also singled out for failing to enforce traffic and road laws in the territory.
“The only time we see these police officers sometimes is when they are out there allowing the kids who are going to school to cross the road,” he said.
Calling the situation ‘downright lawless,” he said the violations are present in several communities across the territory and that there is a need for law enforcement to step in and handle the issue.
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34 Responses to “‘Downright lawlessness’ regarding parking on Tortola – Skelton-Cline ”
Where are the tenants going to park???????
They should be banned from parking! SMH
What ordinances are there in Town and Country planning legislation for parking provision for developments?
What penalties are there for non-compliance with parking provision per the legislation?
What is to stop a land owner from claiming they can do as they please with their land in defiance of legislation (this is my grandfather land, you can't tell me what to do mehson)?
What are the plans for public transport for the territory to reduce the need for private vehicles, and reduce both traffic congestion and competition for limited parking spaces?
What are the plans for decentralisation of government offices (what happened to the big eGovernment plan?) so that ALL the government services don't have to be PHYSICALLY accessed in Road Town? Same with banking (Anegada have a bank yet?)
What happened to the plans for traffic wardens and parking metres?
How many police officers are there in the service that are assigned to being out in public ensuring parking compliance instead of being swamped with paperwork, report writing and CYA administration?
Why are people looking at this issue only from the endpoint (we need more police out there punishing bad parkers, we need people to tow, we need X punishment) rather than looking at the problem holistically and systematically and asking WHY there are so many vehicles and not enough parking spaces on a 21 sq mi island? Why not look at the problem from Town and Country legislation and enforcement provision (unlike in St Thomas, you can't enforce demolition of non-compliant developments here), public transportation planning (we should have buses AND ferries given our sailing history), AND law enforcement?
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We have to blame town and country planning for all this nonsense tbh they approving sh*t left ,right and center without making sure these people have sufficient parking for tenants/ customers!