Traffic/Parking Birch Hill/Hillberry Road Areas

Summary

A request was made for statistics on illegal parking notices and complaints in the Birch Hill and Briarfield Avenue areas over the past five years. The Department of Infrastructure disclosed that only two fixed penalty notices were issued and no records of complaints were found for the specified period.

Key Facts

• The request covered the Birch Hill Crescent and Briarfield Avenue Onchan area.
• The data period requested was the past 5 years to date.
• Two fixed penalty notices were issued for illegal parking in the last 5 years.
• No records were found for parking, illegal parking, or traffic management complaints in the last 5 years.
• The response was issued by the Department of Infrastructure on 9 March 2020.

Data Disclosed

• 2
• 5 years
• 2020-02-27
• 2020-03-09
• 1200949

Original Request

Could you please provide statistics for the number of illegal parking notices served in the Birch Hill Crescent and Briarfield Avenue Onchan area for the past 5 years to date. Please provide statistics of the number of complaints made regarding parking/illegal parking/traffic management in the same areas for the past 5 years to date.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Response Team/DWG/MF Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im

Our ref: 1200949 9 March 2020

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 27 February 2020 and which states (sic):

"Could you please provide statistics for the number of illegal parking notices served in the Birch Hill Crescent and Briarfield Avenue Onchan area for the past 5 years to date. Please provide statistics of the number of complaints made regarding parking/illegal parking/traffic management in the same areas for the past 5 years to date."

Our response to your request is as follows: 1. There have been two fixed penalty notices issued for illegal parking in the last 5 years. 2. No records have been found for parking/illegal parking or traffic management in the last 5 years.

Please quote the reference number 1200949 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely

FOI Response Team