A local authority is due to come together next week in a bid to thrash out the details of a parking scheme in one part of Bristol, with further restrictions likely to be imposed.

Members of the Downs Committee will meet on Monday (November 18th) to discuss the impact of a residents' parking scheme that is due to come into effect in Clifton, reports the Bristol Post. They do not want a ripple effect to be felt across the area, so taking extra measures is the probable course of action.

In particular, parking on the Downs - a popular parkland - must be prevented and the committee is set to look at this.

A working party set up by the committee to study the matter in more depth has already recommended making changes. Among the steps that could be taken are to paint single and double yellow lines in the affected zones and introduce a four-hour parking limit during the hours the permit scheme is active.

Peter Mann, transport director at Bristol City Council, said: "It is difficult to determine the numbers of vehicles that the residents' parking scheme areas are likely to displace due to a wide range of reasons that people have for parking in the area at the moment and why they choose to park where they do."

He went on to suggest it is now certain that "additional measures need to be put in place to protect the Downs".

Members of the committee are already working on a draft proposal of the parking restrictions they want to see come into effect in the Clifton area. If successful, it could trigger a need for more parking wardens on the streets to ensure local people adhere to the rules.

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