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A BRANKSOME resident said council had “failed them” and claimed the closure of Sandbanks Road at the weekend pushed the problem to Canford Cliffs.
The Lakeside Road resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said the cars were blocking the roads and being parked on yellow doubles, adding that it was no longer a residential road but a “parking lot” .
She said: “We have tried hard to get the local authorities to do something about the parking lot because it is getting appalling.
“We made very little progress and the weekend was a perfect example.
“We called the number where apparently the tow trucks are ready, no one showed up.
“Some people couldn’t leave their homes. We are quite angry, we would like to know where the millions of pounds that were given to the BCP Council went.
“There’s an app that no one looks at and a chic control room. Sandbanks seems to be carrying weight, all efforts are on Sandbanks.
“We don’t know what to do anymore because we are defeated by the local authority.
“There is a difference between tourism and day trippers. Tourists stay in hotels, we are faced with day trippers who take everything with them except the kitchen sink, leave garbage and cause traffic jams.
“We welcome tourists, they have to sort out the problems with the day trippers.”
The resident asked for more parking in the neighborhood as well as more yellow doubles on residential streets.
“We just want action that works,” she added. “We want them to be honest, they continue to rave about a big hit, it’s not a big hit.
“We welcome visitors, but we don’t welcome them when they cause the chaos they create.
Sophie Ricketts, BCP Council Seasonal Response Manager, said, “BCP is open for business and we will continue to actively welcome visitors to the region each year.
“The road closures are not done lightly, but it is a planned measure built into our summer preparedness planning to alleviate problems on the ground at specific locations to ensure that emergency vehicles and residents can pass.
“We take a flexible approach so that these roads are reopened as soon as the problems are gone.
“Through proactive communications and advertising, on-site signage, parking monitors and digital signs on national network roads in the region, we are encouraging people to park responsibly and indicate where they can find available parking spaces.
“The Boscombe park-and-ride site attracted 1,200 users this weekend and a second site planned with services to Sandbanks will start from the Poole Civic Center this week.
“However, we are aware that there are still a number of people who will park irresponsibly, but we have recruited many more enforcement officers this year who issued a record 1,300 penalty notices this week. -end and we have tow trucks to fight those who break the rules, including 15 vehicles this weekend.
