GSLP-Liberals-Manifesto-2019

see parking spaces available all over
town and will enable you to book
the relevant parking space from a
particular time as you drive into town.
UPPER TOWN PARKING
Parking in the area of the Upper
Town is a nightmare! In order to
aleviate the problem, we will develop
a new car park at Tankerville (over the
water tanks) and one at the present
site of the Plater Youth club. These
will resolve the parking problem for
Moorish Castle, Tankerville and all the
area around. These park spaces will be
for rental.
NEW GLACIS ACCESS ROAD
Working with the Tenants Association
at Glacis, we have agreed to carry out
works to provide for a new access
between the new Ocean Spa Plaza and
the old St Anne’s School. This will be
possible once the school is demolished.
MORE PARKING FOR GLACIS AREA
& LAGUNA AREA
We have already provided for a draw
for rental spaces in the new Ocean
Village tower on the site of the old
Med Rowing Club. This is for tenants
of the area of Glacis Road. Additionally
we will allow for the rental of the
spaces under St Anne’s and Notre
Dame by tenants of Glacis and Laguna
for use with vehicles registered to their
housing tenancy address.
PARKING PERMIT FEES
We will introduce a concession rate
for parking permits for pensioners. To
avoid abuse, this will only be aviailable
where the relevant vehicle is in the
name of a pensioner and they are the
only ones insured to drive the vehicle.
TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
AND TACKLING
CONGESTION
SAFETY & PLANNING AUTHORITY
Building on the STTPP, we will
explore options for the creation of a
new, centralised Road Traffic Safety
and Planning Office to oversee and
centrally manage traffic planning
matters in the community, with a
view to better managing all event/
construction and other development
impacts on traffic. We will further
consider the development of policy to
ensure that traffic impact assessment
becomes a key consideration in
relevant areas of community activity,
including in respect of Development &
Planning, Infrastructure and technical
works and other event planning.
SPEED CALMING MEASURES
The GSLP Liberals were the first
to oversee the deployment of
speed cameras in various locations
in Gibraltar. In addition to other
traffic calming measures deployed
in that time, we have seen both a
positive response to these initiatives
and witnessed a significant drop in
offending. Keeping our roads safe for
all users is a key priority for the GSLP
Liberals and we will therefore continue
to review options for deployment of
further such measures.
ROAD RESURFACING SCHEME
A comprehensive road resurfacing
project has been carried out throughout
most of Gibraltar tackling many roads
that had been subjected to substantial
abuse from construction traffic. We
will continue to resurface our roads
as part of a sustained resurfacing
programme we will develop if elected
into Government at the next election.
NEW ROUNDABOUTS
Two new roundabouts built in the last
term of office at both Devils Tower
Road and at Glacis Road have provided
much needed driver options in these
areas with the effect of reducing
journey times and therefore emissions.
PROTECTIVE BARRIERS
The heightened global state of alert
in respect of terrorism did not pass
Gibraltar by. We have installed
permanent Jersey Barriers formed
variously in the shape of ornate
cannons and the silhouette of the Rock
of Gibraltar, thereby creating safety
barriers for pedestrians which are the
talk of the tourists too.
It is envisaged that these Jersey
Barriers will eventually give way to
permanent/integrated retractable
bollards and/or barriers.
OLD STREET SIGNS
We will continue with the very popular
installation of traditional street signs
capturing the names of streets as they
are known in our local culture. We
have already seen signs places at “La
Calle Comedia”, (Castle Street) and “La
Cuesta Mr Bourne” (Flat Bastion Road).
SIGNAGE REVIEW
A full signage review has now taken
place showing the areas around
Gibraltar where old signs need to be
removed and new signs placed. The
inevitable clutter of street signs is
something that invariably builds up
over time and reviews of this nature
are necessary to assess the continued
validity of signage.
DERELICT VEHICLE CAMPAIGN
As part of the STTPP, a derelict vehicle
campaign is critical. By removing
abandoned and derelict vehicles it is
possible to free up parking spaces to
allow better use of the limited parking
stock available. Since 2015 over 1000
cars have been disposed of as a result
of being found abandoned on the
public highway. If re-elected, the GSLP
Liberals will step up the pace of this
campaign to help to release as much
parking stock as possible.
MOT TEST CENTRE
If re-elected, the GSLP Liberals will
conduct as assessment of the needs
of the licensing department with a
view to providing the best facility we
can. The licensing department is a very
busy ‘client-facing’ department and
an audit of staffing requirements will
be carried out to assess the resource
requirements of a department which
is experiencing sustained high demand
from the community.
DRIVING LICENCES
Government has been working hand
in glove with the DVLA (UK) to
ensure that EU Member States apply
the same rules on International
Driving Permits (IDP) for Gibraltar
issued driving licences as those
of the UK to guarantee that local
drivers may be able to drive within
the EU, without the need for an
International Driver’s Permit.
A GSLP Liberal Government will
52 ...aspire to the best Gibraltar