False Bay parking

I wrote this piece to run in the April Isle&Times and want to post it here too for maximum viewing. I believe that over the coming spring and summer, if we talk to our summer neighbors who have the habit of leaving their vehicles on the road side all winter to let them know it just doesn't work that way anymore, come fall we might see some change in the problem. When I moved here with my Teapot partners in 1970 we were part of a new population, adding to the approx. 50 residents at that time. For quite a while there were too few vehicles locally to create any sort of parking problems. Gradually over the ensuing 40+ the congestion along Main and Weldon Roads has become this current mess. We have to realize there are over 400 full time residents now, and leaving vehicles abandoned clogging the right of way for months is not permitted. I'm hoping we can have good communication through the summer social season and people will voluntarily see the problem and their part in the solution. Optimistically yours, Merrick