News and Updates

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  • Updated 14-Sep-06: Oppose the Latest Proposals - NEW !
    • Use our sample letter of objection to make your opposition known.
    • Download a copy: Word format or Rich Text Format or PDF Format
    • The letters need to be posted by 17-Sep-06 to make the deadline.
    • Spread the word - share this letter by email or by hand.
    • Posters and letters of objection are available from Balance in Napiershall Street.

    Please delete paragraphs you do not agree with and add any others you feel are appropriate as desired. Please note that the deadline date for objections is 22 September (which is the Friday of the holiday weekend). To make sure they get there on time, please post by 17 September.

    We would ask you to forward this letter on to everyone in your mailing address list or even print out enough copies to put through your neighbours doors. If you could also ensure that those streets which fall adjacent to the CPZ areas are also covered. MPAG have carried out a brief survey and the majority of people know nothing of the new proposals to extend the schemes.

    MPAG's position has not changed, in that we continue to fight these draconian measures imposed by the Council. We object to the lack of proper consultation and the impact that displaced parking is having on surrounding areas. We are also concerned about the major impact to local businesses and to visitng friends. The Council has failed to take notice of these concerns and is determined to drive forward with their own agenda regardless of the impact on the local community. This is a money-making scheme and one which is not meeting the concerns of commuter parking in the west-end. Remember that commuters can now park all day in any area due to the relaxation of the time-restrictions ie they can stay longer than 3 hours.

    Posters to alert people to the new proposals and letters of objection are being printed and will be availalbe from Monday at Balance in Napiershall Street. Please drop by and pick up a bundle for distribution. Your help is needed!


  • Updated 14-Sep-06: - NEW !
    A detailed analysis of the Council's maladministration of the CPZ scheme has been produced by supporters of the MPAG and can be found here.

  • Updated 14-Sep-06: - NEW !
    Our last newsletter is available for download.
    Download a copy : Word format or Rich Text Format or PDF Format

  • Updated 11-May-06:
    Meeting for Kelvingrove residents. The Director of Land Services in his report to the Roads & Lighting Committee last Tuesday stated that the time restrictions in the Kelvingrove area are to be extended due to representations made on behalf of the Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Community Council. This means that the CPZ would be enforced 7 days a week from 8am to 10pm. This was not the case and as such an emergency meeting is being held.
      • Meeting Details: Tuesday, 16th May 2006, at 7.15pm, Overnewton Centre.

  • Updated 11-May-06:
    Report on Controlled Parking Zones is published on the city council's website. Click on the link then click on the 'Minute' link and scroll down to page 5 to find item number 13, "Review of Parking Controls"
      • Amongst its various recommendations, the Report proposes:
    • the introduction of business permits at a cost of £700
    • to reduce the times of operation in Woodlands from 8am - 6pm Mon- Fri
    • to extend the times of operation in Kelvingrove from 8am - 10pm Mon-Sun
    • to extend the times of operation in Sandyford from 8am - 10pm Mon-Sun
    • to extend the Woodside and Sandyford zones

  • Updated 11-May-06:
    Notes from the public meeting held on 20-FEB can be downloaded here:

    Download a copy : Word format or Rich Text Format or PDF Format


  • Updated 06-Feb-06:
    Public Meeting - Monday 20th February in Kelvin Stevenson Memorial Church (Belmont St) at 7pm. The Metered Parking Action Group has also published an alternative proposal document which we invite you to donwload and read prior to the public meeting.

    Download a copy: Word format or Rich Text Format or PDF Format


  • Updated 05-Nov-05:
    The new proposal document from the Metered Parking Action Group has been published.

    Download a copy: Word format or Rich Text Format

    Note that this is a consultation document and we expect to meet with the Council to discuss this in the first instance. When we have a response from them it will then go out to proper public consultation.

    We know that many people are at the end of their tether and are on the verge of asking the Council to become a metered zone. Can we suggest that you don't do this, but instead read over our proposal and write to the Council urging them to meet with us to discuss a proper and thorough review of the current schemes. If enough of us write to the Council asking for these to be implemented then we stand a good chance of getting what we want and not something that the Council has imposed. Don't let's forget that the situation we are in is Council-induced, this is not something that we as Glasgow City Council Tax Payers asked for.

    We must fight for democracy and get the Council to listen to what we want for the benefit of the residents, businesses and visitors to the west end.

    Please pass this message on to anyone you know so that they too may consider the alternative proposals.

  • Updated 28-Sep-05:
    Our correspondence with Steven Purcell (Council leader) regarding alternative proposals has been published.

  • ACTION:
    Our new leaflet is now available to download here! Please can you also email people with this leaflet to people you know who live, visit or work in the West End. We hope to have printed copies of it for you to collect if you don't have access to a printer. As soon as these are available we'll let you know where they can be collected.

  • ACTION:
    A small leaflet is available to download, print out and distribute around your neighbourhood. Please can you also email people with this leaflet to people you know who live, visit or work in the West End. DOWNLOAD NEW LEAFLET (PDF Format, 33kb)

  • ACTION:
    Learn how to get involved in our poster campaign! Print your own posters and publicise the issue from your own house and/or car.

  • Previous week's updates

Media Coverage

Update 18-Mar: An Evening Times story by Jonathon Paisley with news that the Council are raising multi-storey car parking charges by 60% in April.

Update 26-Feb:

Here are a selection of parking related stories which have recently been in the news.

  • Evening Times report on the public meeting held on 20th Feb.
  • A Scotsman newspaper story about the parking fines collected since the western Glasgow CPZ came into force.
  • An Evening Times story about a visitor to the Woodlands area who is determined to fight his parking fines.
  • ...and finally, a couple of more general stories about parking. The first one from the BBC has a national perspective and the second one from the Scotsman newspaper discusses parking fines across Scotland.

Update 05-Nov: As we feared all along, businesses in the west end are being affected quite considerably by the parking restrictions imposed throughout. Here's the link to the Evening Times article.

Updated 28-Sep: A letter entitled "Parking plan can't work", from a member of the Metered Parking Action Group was recently published in the Evening Times.

Updated 18-Aug: A new letter written by one of the members of the Action Group has been published in the Evening Times. The letter is a response to MD of Woodside's earlier letter about parking charges.

Updated 27-July: A letter written by one of the members of the Action Group has been published in the Evening Times. The letter discusses the situation buyers of new or recently renovated properties could face in parking their cars near their property.

Updated 24-July: The Evening Times continues its coverage of the parking protests with an article entitled "Why am I banned from parking in my street - others can". The article illustrates the problems that people living in properties converted after Jan 2000 will have parking their cars in a controlled parking zone. It describes one resident's situation which will undoubtably affect many others throughout western Glasgow.

Updated 11-July: The Evening Times continues its coverage of the the parking schemes with this latest article which covers problems arising with the scheme in the Kelvingrove area.

Updated 06-July: A letter by a West End resident opposed to the parking schemes has been published by the Evening Times.

Updated 30-June: The media coverage continues with the following articles:

  • A new article in the Herald by Billy Briggs covers the outcome of the Council's committee meeting on Wednesday.
  • A front page story in the West End Mail (Wed. 29th June edition) covers our stall at the West End Festival and issues arising from the parking schemes.
  • A new Glaswegian article by Ross McKinnon entitled "Parking costs create major care concern" on page 5 (Thur. 30th June edition). In the article, the Glasgow Access Panel expresses concern that carers might have to meet an annual parking charge of £500 through parking meters.

Updated 30-June: Following yesterday's demonstration and Committee meeting at the City Chambers the Evening Times have published an article entitled "Green Light For Parking Permits - But Only At £50" (by Vivienne Nicoll).

Updated 29-June: A letter by Doreen Edgar from the Metered Parking Action Group has been featured in this Evening Times letters page.

Updated 28-June: A new Evening Times article written by Vivienne Nicoll has been published which covers the abandonment of the Napiershall parking scheme.

We have a short newspaper article published in The Glaswegian covering our story. Please note this is quite a large file (848kb) to download if you have a slow connection.

A short Evening Times story can be found here

Issue 821 (Thursday June 16) of The Glaswegian local newspaper featured a front page article covering the Council's parking plans. The article is called "Parking Mad Campaigners" written by Ross McKinnon.

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