26 March - Dragging their feet
Since
my spell in hospital
a certain amount of lethargy has enveloped life. I am still not confident
about leaving home but if all goes well I will give it a go tomorrow.
Meanwhile I fall back on the Bonker’s staple of Bexley Council’s poor parking policies.
Under pressure from residents who were
supported by Labour Councillors, Bexley put out
a Consultation on a CPZ last July. The likelihood is that residents living close to me
were in favour because they all have their own off-street parking spaces and
Liz line commuters are often totally inconsiderate of the need to maintain access.
There has been no obvious sign of progress since the Consultation, now said to
be not a Consultation at all despite it being clearly labelled as such. On 21st
October 2024 the Parking Design Manager said residents would be told the result in November.
On 15th January the story had been changed to “in the coming weeks” and
there would be yellow lines by Summer. But once again nothing happened.
On Monday 10th March, Belvedere Councillor Jeremy Fosten (Labour) said that the Cabinet
Member had not even received a recommendation yet and didn’t expect to for a couple of weeks at least.
What the problem is I do not know. My guess is that near to me residents voted
in favour of a CPZ while further away from Abbey Wood Station they did not.
Implementing one locally will cause a displacement problem.
Photo 1 above shows a van that caused some difficulty for four days on the trot,
may have been longer, it was there when I returned from hospital. Photo 2 was
taken yesterday and the car was parked on the footpath from around
7 a.m. to 4 p.m. I
didn’t bother to report it, what’ְs the point when Bexley Council
enforces things
by whim rather than the rule of law. It did not get a PCN and clearly no CEO
made a spot check. £60 the Council could have earned but didn’t.
I seem to be in a ‘don’t care’ frame of mind. I will try to get over it.
