EASTBOURNE'S COACH PROBLEM.
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A Popular Coaching Resort in which the Question of Parking Accommodatibn is Creating Difficulties.
IN a recent report to the Eastbourne Watch Commitfee-. with regard to motor coaches,( the chief constable refers to the provision of suitable stopping-places for chars-A-banes, corning into the town. During the past two years he has submitted many reports and made numerous suggestions with regard to the provision of a coach station within easy
reach of the centre of the town. His suggestions, • however, have not borne fruit. A recent recommendation of. his, designed for the purpose of preventing congestion and numerous complaints with respect to motor-coach traffic at .Marine Parade, has not been approved and the position has, therefore, reverted to that which obtained last year.
The chief constable is still, however, of 'opinion that a central position like Pevensey Road, outside the garage .of Chapman and Sons, Ltd., is very suitable as a setting-down place for a reasonable number of vehicles, as it is quite near the shopping centres and is thus good for trade generally.
banes drivers not wishing to set down in the middle of the town, but desiring to take their passengers on to the front, are enabled to do so by journeying to the fishing station, which also provides accommodation as an admirable parking site. ' Motor-coach drivers desiring to set down at any definite part of the town—say, in the vicinity of a particular restaurant—have always been enabled to do so. The chief constable thinks that large vehicles should not be permitted to stop in such busy thoroughfares as Terminus and Seaside Roads, but they can generally be accommodated in a side street.
The sole object of police regulations has been to prevent congestion of traffic and provide all possible facilities for visitors. In conclusion, he emphasizes the fact that what is required by all persons concerned, particularly char-abanes proprietors, is a reasonably central position where passengers may be set down and picked up without fear of causing obstruction, congestion or annoyance to anyone, and until such a place has been found the chief constable says the problem will continue to cause trouble.