Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:CPZ in the Griffin Park area | |
Posted by: | Michael Brandt | |
Date/Time: | 07/04/10 12:30:00 |
Just take a walk around a CPZ out of hours in any other district where the streets are small and houses terraced. In many areas (not Hounslow..yet) CPZs are being increased to 20.30 and even 23.00 hours (Hammersmith) and in the case of H&F without visitor permits. It costs a fortune to visit friends in the evening. So result is you simply don't do it, especially with a family. You can't compare with areas that have wider roads and lots of driveways. But in dense areas without this extra space a CPZ is a blunt intrument that will leave roads clear by day (when fewer residents are at home but will have neighbour against neighbour every night. It happens and it gets nasty. Having lived in one close to the boundary it was pure misery and for £120 per annum I hardly ever got to park outside my flat or even in the same street. In fact it was worse than before they implemented it. If you are for or against, you should not take the rather poor offering from LBH without seeing what others have and how well they work and how they address the problem or perceived problem. The problem here is no-one knows just how many residents cars there are for sure but one thin is for sure. Last time around some residents in Grosvenor, Albany, Mafeking and a part of Brook Road did a count up on known residents cars. The total of vehicles exceeded the amount of allocated space according to the plans which were displayed in the Car Showrooms in Layton Road by around 20. It does not take rocket science to realise that their will be more permit holders than spaces. And this is why the scheme as proposed will be unfair and detrimental to the local well being |