Hi. I wanted to post a final reminder to everyone who lives in the Finsbury Park Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) that the deadline for responding to the consultation on possible changes to the hours and rules of the Zone is tomorrow.
Residents have been pushing for a review for years - with many people wanting changes, such as shorter CPZ hours in roads further away from tube station. The CPZ hasn't been reviewed since it was implemented many years ago. During that time Arsenal have moved to the Emirates Stadium and some residents have questioned whether match day parking controls are still needed in their road.
The online consultation survey for people who live in the existing CPZ can be found here:
http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/environment_and_transport/parking/consultations/current_parking_consultations.htmThere is also a separate questionnaire for people living in the streets to the north of the CPZ to see if they want the Zone extended.
Please make sure you have your say.
Richard
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Fill in the survey <a href="http://www.haringey.gov.uk/index/haringey-snap-survey.htm?k=129007989359">here</a>
The thing i cannot get my head around, is the requirement for us to pay more? The accounts from 2009/10 show a surplus of £5m. I've seen the admin required to renew/supply permits and it takes 5 mins.....why are there additional costs? AND, GIVEN THEY CAN ITEMISE THEIR INCOME WHY CAN'T THEY ITEMISE THEIR EXPENDITURE. If the council have a genuine green agenda, perhaps they should realise that charging more for more polluting cars will not pull in their CO2 numbers...people will just pay more and not change their car. Which then makes me see the whole thing as a revenue generator. God it makes me mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Section
Total (£s)
PCN 10,878,664
Clamping/removal 30,769
Suspensions 504,123
Permits/vouchers 5,360,359
Pay and display 6,519,662
Miscellaneous 14,142
Total 23,307,719
Expenditure -18,695,877
Surplus 4,611,842
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I agree that the current restrictions are over long, but I'm glad they cover 8.30 - 9.30 and 2.30 - 3.30 weekdays.
Got nobbled by the business bays one time myself. Saw IS-J and read no more, it's really easy to be confused with them. Most annoying bit was that I'd moved the car there in a hurry from the suddenly suspended bays on my street when there was emergency roadworks. I didn't use my car for a week and came back to it to find a week's worth of parking tickets. They reduced it to one day on appeal, but it still really annoyed me.
Btw, I don't know if anyone else has had their car mysteriously teleport to another bay when bays get suspended at short notice. One time I was convinced my car had been stolen after roaming the streets looking for it. Then I found out about <a href="http://www.bailiffadviceonline.co.uk/vehicle_clamping_where.htm" target="_blank">TRACE</a>, a central number you can call that logs all cars moved by London councils.