For those that don't know about it (you soon will)
Short-term parking remains a problem, as the existing arrangement in Church Lane is very tight, even with the school numbers as they are now (and they will increase by 50% if the proposed Council reforms go through). This is not helped by the plan to include 'turfing and installing wooden bollards to the area of verge opposite the White Lion to prevent cars parking', according to the Council notice.
This is the area in the photo which, ironically, is where the contractors have parked their gear prior to starting the work. The Council have always had a strange attitude (in my opinion) to this spot, having both objected to cars parking there because they obstruct the view and having themselves placed a far more obstructive billboard there to advertise road safety! They seem blissfully unaware that it is regularly used by visitors to the village, as well as church congregations attending weddings and funerals, not to mention emergency vehicles, the police, tow trucks and anyone needing to pull off the road in a hurry.
The upshot of all this is that they are incurring major expense to reduce the overall number of parking places available, but perhaps I'm missing something...
PLEASE NOTE - The Community Centre car park is NOT intended for school overspill - the crossing is for the benefit of bus passengers or anyone needing to cross the road in either direction. I'm still miffed about the fencing off of the verge, though, which will cause all kinds of problems that the Council seem unable to anticipate.
*(pedestrian user-friendly intelligent crossing), apparently!
More puffin crossing info here
