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News and Comment May 2023

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15 May - Enough is enough

Bad parkingThe driver of HN58 0PV is an ignoramus who has never read the Highway Code and has created a hazard on a blind bend. He has been given a Penalty Charge Notice but not for parking like an idiot. He has a ticket for parking against a dropped kerb which in isolation does no harm whatsoever. Some drop kerbs serve a useful purpose but this one is helps no one.

50 yards away the driver of YX61 SXS has blocked two residents’ drives all day but Bexley Council deems him to be above reproach because he is not actually adjacent to the dropped kerb. Apparently there is a difference between parking broadside on to a dropped kerb and being at 90 degrees to it.

Our useless Council may have a point in law but if so it is proof that their road design skills are zero. How have they allowed a situation where they approve dropped kerbs knowing that they are rendered worthless by inconsiderate drivers?

With Cabinet Member Craske in charge should we expect any different? He has no plans to alleviate the problem, indeed he is keen to make them worse through further CPZ restrictions which will cause more parking displacement to roads beyond the CPZ boundary.

Today my own drive is not quite blocked to small vehicles but the whole thing is becoming intolerable. We have a Council that cares not one bit for residents and puts a thoroughly disreputable individual in charge of roads and parking services.

It is time to hit back. First the banner will take a step back in time and on alternate days beginning next Wednesday there will be a repeat of all the bad things about Bexley Council. Enough material for several weeks at least.

Bad parking Bad parking Bad parking Bad parking

 

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