22 October (Part 2) - Bexley scores higher than all neighbouring boroughs
Bexley Conservatives
are renowned for lying and alongside is what they were saying in 2012, a time when
their lying had been ramped up to Level 11.
Councillor Peter Craske
had put up the parking charges and was telling all and
sundry that Bexley was still cheapest for miles around, it wasn’t true of course
but the Press Releases were dutifully published in the local newspapers and the
gullible fell for it.
The truth was rather different. Apart from the Bowling Centre car park (90 pence
for each hour) Bexleyheath’s car parks were £1 an hour and I produced
a
table of local charges to prove that Bexley was lying.
So how has Bexley done over the past eight years? Not easy to say because some
Councils no longer have the charges listed in their websites, unhelpfully
referring enquiries to the street notices, they are necessarily omitted from the list below.
The remainder can be relatively easily compared with Bexley’s eight year old two hour tariff claim.
• Gravesham, £2. Up 33% in eight years.
• Sevenoaks, £2. Up 25% in eight years.
• Maidstone, There is no 2 hour tariff but twice one hour is £2. Up 11% in eight years.
• Dartford, £1 and several free.
• Bromley, £2·60. Up 30% in eight years.
• Croydon, £1·40 and many free.
• Lewisham, £4. Up 42% in eight years.
• Newham, £4·60. Up 15% in eight years.
• Greenwich, £2·40. Up 50% in eight years.
These are borough centre car parks, e.g. Stratford and not East Ham, except for Greenwich where the price is for Eltham, the centre of Greenwich
being a tourist centre with very few shops. Bromley has free car parks and some flat rate (£1·30). Greenwich is free on Sundays but Bexley is
unique with its excessive 24/7 charges.
And what is its percentage price increase in eight years according to its own leaflet? A record breaking 100%.
Not only liars but bad financial management too. Bexley is gearing up to another 30% increase.