| Topic: | Re:Re:CPZ Consultation in Brentford | |
| Posted by: | Michael Brandt | |
| Date/Time: | 18/07/09 11:07:00 |
| Brentford FC have only been down for a few seasons and they are now back in the league that they had been in for a long time. The gates will be up for a few matches but otherwise they will probably be much the same as a few years ago. You don't move to a place like this without accepting the disruption from games. It's not too many years since it was prudent to move your car away from the district on matchdays as it was odds on that you would find it damaged in one way or another, Now of course, due to other CPZs you can no longer do this. Thankfully, that antisocial problem has died back but also some of those away teams have not featured in the fixtures for some time. Alsoparking is far is worse when a midweek fixture occurs. We do not need a CPZ to be active every saturday or every weekday evening . Ealing's Zone C has an ammended attached Zone D at the very eastern end of it. This has a seasonal operation and is active during TVU term times only as students are the problem there. Wembley has an event days only system and I believe is free to residents, the stadium being the cause, pays for the implementation. The cause here is mainly GSK and the TfL zone system. I would support GSK having an adequate car park (which they once had) as long as it is underground and the surface returned to park use of some sort. easily possible and removes a problem. Would be even better if it was available on matchdays. I vaguely recall some sort of resident access system in use on matchdays many years back 20?. Where an exclusion zone went in late morning and stayed till half time and just residents were allowed access via New road, Braemar, Albany, Hamilton, Clifden and Brook roads. I think it might have been a token system, but I did not have a car then. can't quite remember, but it was free to residents. The trouble with CPZs is that some borough's highways dept's. (and this was certainly the case when the last plans for this area were presented) apply all sorts of traffic regulations which include extended yellow lines on corners, turning places, and visitor only bays. The passing/turning places used up 3 standard car spaces and there were 2 per street, 3 in Mafeking alone = 9 spaces lost. The extended corner restrictions were 3 cars as well =12 cars lost (8 if sensibly parked) So a total of up to 20 less spaces would have existed in this street alone. It was pretty much the same for the rest of the zone. |