SUSTRANS is well aware of the concern of residents in

Brockweir village and villages near Chepstow about

visitors' parking.

We have deliberately gone to the expense of

engaging a transport consultancy which is very

experienced in managing the impacts of car-borne

visitors in a tourist area, to bring a measure of

independent scrutiny to the car parking issue.

They have had access to the Sustrans' database

which is the most extensive source of data on the usage

of traffic-free paths available in the UK, to build a picture

of how the path will be used, and have also been able to

refer to the results of the local public consultations we

conducted last year, which gives a local perspective on

how people will access the path.

We are confident that the methodology used is

robust and the predictions as sound as is reasonably

possible. Of course, nobody can be absolutely certain

about human behaviour, but we can go a long way in

managing car parking demand by using marketing

material and on site signage to make sure local car

owners are not inconvenienced by visitor parking.

– Rupert Crosbee, area manager, Sustrans,

Gloucestershire, Somerset and North Somerset.