I LIVE in Swanage and in July I saw so many hold-ups on Shore Road, which is now a parking area with meters all along.
When we had fires at Studland and Poole the fire engines found it practically impossible to get along the front.
With flashing lights and horns sounding, traffic coming in the opposite direction had nowhere to pull in. Ambulances have the same problem which makes it difficult to get the patient to hospital as soon as possible. Buses cannot get through which upsets their schedules.
There was one incident where a bus and a lorry tried to pass each other and for most of the afternoon the road had to be closed and the police were called out.
Until this year there was no parking allowed between May 15 – September 30, except disabled, so there were spaces where vehicles could pull in and emergency vehicles could drive straight through.
K LEIGH, Highcliffe Road, Swanage
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