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Work starts to create new parent and child spaces in the Chantry Centre multi-storey
Test Valley Borough Council has started work to create four new parent and child spaces in the Chantry Centre multi-storey car park.
The new signs and floor markings are being installed over the coming days, with the bays expected to be available for use from Monday 17 February.
They will be located on level 2A and are wider than normal parking spaces to make it easier to get young children and babies out of the car.
Deputy council leader, Councillor Maureen Flood, said: “We look forward to these new spaces coming into use and hope they will prove beneficial for those visiting the town centre with young children.”
Town centre councillor, Iris Andersen, added: “This is brilliant news for local residents and visitors to the town centre. People had told me how difficult it could be to find a parking space wide enough to get young children and babies in and out of the car, and I raised this with the leader of the council. It is great that this was taken on board, and thanks to people working together these new spaces will be up and running very soon.”
The electric charging points previously located in this area will be replaced later this year in one of the council’s open-air car parks. They were relocated in response to an independent review of the multi-storey car park and a recommendation to remove the chargers, due to incidents including the London Luton Airport car park fire.