17 August (Part 1) - Do nothing Bexley
If
It is several weeks since my road and Carrill Way have been made
especially
difficult for small vehicles and impassable to larger ones but inconsiderate
parking continues on a daily basis.
This Audi (SG22 OLJ) parked on a corner across a dropped kerb caused a few near
misses yesterday as idiots go too fast around a blind corner. Why do people put
almost new cars at such risk of damage?
I didn’t report it to Bexley Council as a resident’s vehicle, displaced from its
usual spot by commuters, had nowhere to legally park either and I don’t
want the enforcement officer to be ticketing neighbours.
The situation is entirely down to a useless Bexley Council
under Cabinet Member Peter Craske doing absolutely
nothing to prepare for the opening of the Elizabeth line. They only had nine
years to do it and all they managed was the introduction of a £7·50 an hour on-street
parking charge within the Controlled Parking Zone leaving those outside of it to suffer the consequences.
Fortunately a more intelligent and less obstructive Cabinet Member is taking the commuter parking issues seriously and
we may get yellow lines at junctions which
will unfortunately displace yet more commuters into places which were once the preserve of residents.
Someone with fewer scruples than me called in Traffic Enforcement anyway and my
neighbour was given a PCN. All because Bexley Council can’t think ahead and has done nothing to protect its residents.