New cone is said to stop chaos to Heessener Volksbank!

The city administration of Hamm plans to improve the parking and stopping situation in front of Heessener Volksbank. In particular at peak times, the stopping ban that exists in front of the bank is often disregarded. This area has been hatched with streaks for many years to clearly mark the ban on stopping. Previous measures, such as setting up a tilting bollard at the turn of 2022/23, had only minor success. Although the bollard partially prevented holding, he led to the fact that vehicles continued to go to the intersection and narrowed the bicycle track.

City spokesman Tom Herberg reported on several citizens' complaints about parked vehicles on the restricted area. The municipal security service has observed the situation several times, but did not provide any specific figures on warnings or warnings. In order to further increase security, the Münster cone is set up closer to the intersection area. This measure enables the area to keep the area for pedestrians, rollators and wheelchairs accessible. The city administration also plans to continuously control the effect of the new measure.

false parking as a persistent problem

false parking remains a persistent problem in many cities like Münster. An increase in fines for false parkers, which came into force in February 2020, is intended to increase traffic safety for cyclists in particular. The fine for parking on walking or cycle paths rose from 20 euros to 55 euros. In 2018, around 72,908 advertisements were recorded in Münster for false parking, while in 2019 there were already 86,454 ads, which corresponds to an increase of 19 percent.

Fingeles parking in places such as Körnerstraße, Scharnhorststraße and on the bleaching occur particularly frequently. The regulatory office regularly distributes nodules and also has cars towed in certain cases. In 2019, 1,996 cases were processed. However, there are exceptions in which parking violations remain unpunished under certain conditions on sidewalks outside the promenade ring. This applies to areas in front of schools, daycare centers, old people's homes and hospitals. To improve the situation, the city created a total of five additional jobs in the regulatory office and decided on new quality standards for bicycle roads.