Parking Nightmare for Londoners During The Olympics

March 30, 2012 - PRLog -- Individuals who are residents or work close to venues used for the Olympic Games, particularly those in London, could find that they are unable to park outside homes and places of work. The organisers of the games to be held this year have stated that certain roads will be closed, although access will be given to people who live and work in the properties along those roads.

The plans about VIP road lanes have also had to be changed. The Games lanes were designed to give people better access to the games, but there would be a charge for using them. Now these lanes will be open to everyone at times when there is less traffic heading to see any of the Olympic events.

It is estimated that the parking and access problems could affect up to 400,000 properties in the capital. While residents should expect to be given free parking permits if their road is affected restrictions and delays will still be in place. Visitors to these properties and carers will also be provided with passes to enable them to get to and from properties as needed. Other people in the capital have already started to prepare for the impending parking nightmare by renting private spaces through sites like http://www.yourparkingspace.co.uk

Figures have shown that around one million passes will be needed in order to cope with the needs of residents and their visitors. In addition to this it is thought that the extra traffic that will be created by the games will cause havoc for deliveries which will have to be rescheduled. Local businesses will also find that they will be affected as traffic restrictions could have a direct impact on the number of people who are able to get to them.

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However it has been stated that “Residents and businesses will still have access to their properties and the emergency services will have access at all times.” While this is reassuring many people are already starting to be concerned about the impact that the Games will have on their local areas.

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