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News and Comment August 2023

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17 August (Part 1) - Do nothing Bexley

SG22 OLJIf 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.

 

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