6.2 The traffic management scheme
will involve an element of 'carrot and stick'
Stick: Creation of a 'rural clearway' through the use of
Traffic Regulations Orders to restrict, severely, the car parking
opportunities within the inner study area.
Carrot: ... Park and Ride/Public Transport Gateways
...official parking areas at the Gateways and within the inner study
area ... 'Pass Snowdonia' a combined long stay car park and bus
ticket which would entitle two persons to unlimited travel on the
enhanced bus network ... marketing of the scheme.
6.4 To prevent roadside parking in
the inner study area, without having to introduce visually intrusive
double yellow lines, a Clearway Order is recommended, preventing
motorists from stopping on the main carriageway.
6.5 It should be noted that these
regulations can be applied to cover verges as well as the main highway
area.
6.8 ... The Clearway Order would
terminate at villages ... Repeater signs would support the order
... There may be a need to consider the introduction of a residents'
parking permit scheme ... to protect car parking spaces for residents as
the establishment of the Clearway will displace parking to existing
settlements.
6.9 Most of the existing informal
car parking bays (e.g. those along the Ogwen Valley) should be removed,
with only a small number retained, and carefully landscaped as informal
viewing areas with bays for private cars and coaches. An order to this
effect would have to be supported by a short stay sign detailing the
extent of the permitted parking with no return allowed within (say) 2
hours. Certain bays might be reserved for the disabled....
6.10 A major re-landscaping of
highway verges .... including breaking up
tarmac.
6.12 There is a potential
displacement effect with any Clearway Order: visitors may attempt to
re-locate to areas not subject to a Clearway Order without using the
Park and Ride service. This may include using minor roads such as the
minor loop road off the A5 at Pont Cyfyng. The Clearway Order can be
extended to cover these roads. It is also recommended that it is
extended beyond Llanberis along the by pass and lakeside car parks, so
that a visitor has an impression of entering Snowdonia soon after
passing the edge of Llyn Padarn.
6.15 The National Park Authority (and
other relevant local planning authorities) will also have to consider landowners exercising permitted development
rights, under the General Development Order to operate temporary car
parks within or adjacent to the inner study area. These could undermine
the traffic management scheme outlined in this report. Article IV powers
could be used to prevent this but could render the relevant planning
authority liable to compensation.
6.43 ...There is no reliable data
upon which to base predictions of visitor behaviour if the scheme is
implemented.... (!)