"We get it," said West Marlborough Township supervisor Bill Wylie simply, responding to residents' continued complaints about parking problems at the Whip Tavern.
The small parking lots at the popular Springdell tavern fill up quickly and patrons park anywhere they can, including in neighbors' yards and along the roadside, despite no-parking signs. Residents have brought the inadequate parking issue to the supervisors' attention for years.
At their May meeting the supervisors said they are considering amending the township ordinance to extend the "no parking" zone to the south side of Route 841 between Springdell and Thouron Road. Patrons have always parked along the shoulder of that road, but now that the landowner has put up a low fence along the shoulder to deter parking, the parked cars stick out way into the road. Mr. Wylie said that if the township puts up signs there and patrons ignore them signs the way they do the ones on Springdell Road, the township might "have greater standing" in the ongoing situation.
At the May meeting the residents also noted that delivery trucks are blocking the road while unloading supplies at the Whip and are creating a traffic hazard.
A public hearing would have to be held on any amendment to the township ordinance before it could be enacted.
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