Springbridge Road car park spruced up

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Welcome improvements to security and, at last, the lifts

Ealing town centre is now a safer place to park following improvements carried out at Springbridge Road car park by Ealing Council.

 

On Thursday 22nd July Ealing Council's Parking Services were presented with the Safer Parking Award for Springbridge Road car park.   The car park has undergone extensive work to increase security, including the installation of CCTV cameras, new lights and lifts.

 

The £900,000 invested by Ealing Council also paid for the replacement of the surfaces and ceilings, colour-coded floors and parking/pedestrian areas.   There are now new signs and lines and the entrance and exit have gates so the car park can be closed during non-operational hours.   All the measures are designed to make the car park a more pleasant and secure place to park.

 

The Safer Parking scheme is an initiative of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and is aimed at reducing both crime and the fear of crime in parking facilities. It is managed by the British Parking Association and supported by the Home Office.  

The award is reassessed each year, and the car park must continue to operate at the same high standard in order to retain its status as a secured car park.

 

Cabinet Member for Transport and Planning, Councillor Stephen Sears said:

 

�This is our second Secure Car Park award and I'm really pleased that the high standards our Parking Services team achieved at Herbert Road car park in Southall last year are now also available to drivers in Ealing town centre.   Car parks can be dark and dingy places, but the investment we have made at Springbridge Road should make parking a nicer, safer experience for everyone that uses it.�

 

July 29, 2004