| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:STOP PRESS - DOUBLE YELLOW LINES ARE HERE | |
| Posted by: | Anthony Waller | |
| Date/Time: | 05/02/12 13:54:00 |
| Depends what road you are in. Only some streets were given a consultation and voted on it by response. But other streets were left out and not consulted. The problem is that those streets would be immediately outside the zone and would be seriously impacted by a CPZ. The original (and unsatisfactory plan) brought about by a previous councillor the late Val Lamey) was for the whole block Ealing road -Railway - Half Acre/Windmill Rd, High St as the boundary. But as someone else has mentioned it had so many additional restrictions as well as long hours it reduced parking by well over 120 spaces throughout and permits would exceed even that lost 120 by around 50. Also it was a daytime scheme till 7.30 pm and did not solve the problem which is (with the exception of around the station) one of a residents nature and at night. (The football parking is a matchday issue and solutions exist in Fulham and Wembley and a simple solution could exist here with a matchday CPZ or a return to the residents token system operated I think by the club and the police in the 1980's) Thus a station zone was implemented only. The next proposals are a rehash of the original plan and still have a plethora of additional yellow lines and restrictions reducing spaces significantly and still not solving the night problem. Consequently, residents of the streets just outside the proposed zone objected. A simple 1 hour a day scheme would probably be enough to deter long term commuters and those who leave a car and go to the airport. But keeping amenities like the garages is also vital for the night problem. As a footnote. Permits in Ealing have tripled in one year and residents are meeting shortly to discuss scrapping some zones, as they are entitles do do so under the original partnership CPZs. This is because the council has made visitor permits unnaffordable to pensioners and non car owners and many others as well as breaking a written guarantee on permit costs. |