1 August (Part 3) - History repeating itself
This
website owes its existence in part because of Bexley council’s
failed consultation
on the narrowing of Abbey Road in 2009, although they did consult some who lived much further
from it than I do. Presumably part of the cunning plan to get the required level of disinterest.
Now they claim to have consulted those who might be affected by the imminent closure of the Felixstowe
Road car park which will become a storage site during the
Crossrail works.
Not around here they didn’t.
Even before the closure of Felixstow Road and the station car parks commuters
are leaving their cars within 50 yards of my front door. It isn’t often
a problem but
there can be little doubt there will soon be a lot more of it.
Is Bexley council claiming it has listened to residents? Yes. Have all affected
residents been allowed to make a comment? No, and that includes some who live
within a stone’s throw of Felixstow Road.
Probably Bexley council is planning another
Waitrose style Controlled Parking Zone stealth tax.