| Topic: | Re:CPZ in the Griffin Park area | |
| Posted by: | Bernadette Paul | |
| Date/Time: | 17/09/09 11:20:00 |
| On the subject of vans, I have to take your word on this sudden influx of mysterious vans being parked by people who live elsewhere just because they don't want to take them home. I find that a very odd scenario myself, why would someone drive to Brentford in a van and then either go off and commute or just go home elsewhere? What would be the purpose of the van if not to be actually used for work? Where exactly do you think the owners/drivers of these vans live? My son in law is a chef and you would think therefore unlikely to ever be parking a van. However his restaurant has a large van advertising his restaurant which he occasionally uses and occasionally parks in Brentford. Normally of course he would park as close to his home as he can get which is in Braemar Road. However, with the hours he keeps he may well have to park in Brook Road or wherever else he can find a space. Should he not be allowed to do that? How do you know the same is not true of whoever is parking all these vans everyone is so worried about? I don't get the idea of loads of van drivers parking in Brentford Streets so that they can travel to and from their work or homes these vans must surely belong to local residents. Of course you could be right, maybe they live in say York Road where they would need permits and maybe the vans are second vehicles and they don't want to buy second permits. This I suggest is an even bigger problem, the 2 or more car families. You may be keen on buying 1 permit what about when husband/wife/child or children all have cars, which is one of the reasons why Brentford streets are now so congested. When I moved into my old house in 1979 I had no car and my neighbours either side had 1 car each. By the time I sold that house, I had a car as did my daughter the neighbours on one side had 3 cars and a van and the neighbours on the other side had 2 cars - so, in a few years of children growing up a small road that needed space for 2 cars now needed spaces for 8! This I'm afraid has and will happen everywhere and I'm not sure permits will help in any way other that fund raising for the council. |