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News and Comment April 2023

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8 April - Beating the commuter parking problem

There is probably not a lot of point in trying to summarise the Labour letter to residents adversely affected by Crossrail Commuters when you can easily read it for yourself.

In my opinion it is not just a question of restricting parking but also of eliminating dangerous parking, on corners in particular but also the habit of parking end on to the kerb needs to be prohibited. Long front ends overhang and effectively block narrow pavements and the back ends of large vans restrict carriageways to a single lane and sometimes compel driving over the opposite footpath.

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There’s no relief at the weekend due to events at Lesnes Abbey.

Some areas at the end of cul-de-sacs were designated as turning circles on the original planning application but never enforced. They should be. Every resident has at least one parking space and many if not most have two or more. Only a very few multi-car owning flat dwellers will need to pay for a CPZ parking permit.

Inevitably there will be a loss of parking spaces but the inconvenience of having little and sometime no vehicular access to the main road is dangerous. Can we rely on Cabinet Member Craske making the right decision? Surely no one can be wrong every single time?
Labour Letter

Click extract for complete letter.

 

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