Parking Progress

Up until now, the Chamber run Parking Refund Scheme has been predominantly the preserve of Christchurch Town Centre. In Highcliffe, only Somerfield offered to refund customer’s parking charges. However, in an initiative from Highcliffe Traders Association, sixteen shops along the Lymington Road have joined the scheme, hopefully with more to follow.

If they spend £10 or over in any one of the participating shops, cafes or salons, shoppers will be refunded the 50p 2-hour parking charge in Wortley Road car park. 

New signs are being installed in the car park by the Chamber to inform shoppers of the opportunity to park for free. Now we just need to improve the signage to the car park itself!

Note the scheme is run jointly by Christchurch Chamber of Trade and Christchurch Borough Council.

Be Prepared… But perhaps not!

Dorset County Council has revised its roadworks plan for the coming year, after a major road subsidence in the west of the county took priority for funding. Some work such as the resurfacing of Stony Lane from the railway bridge to the County boundary may be rescheduled or cancelled.

There is also a threat to the February 2009 schedule when the whole of the A337 from Hinton Avenue to the Christchurch Road / Ringwood Road roundabout was due to be resurfaced. We will let you know when this work will be done as it will inevitably cause severe congestion on this busy road.