19 September (Part 1) - No CPZ extension
The writing was on the wall for the Abbey Wood
CPZ
proposals made last April when the decision on the proposals for the
adjacent area
made in late June referred to the April proposals being still undecided. See below.
And
so it proved to be. The almost
perfectly satisfactory CPZ
(the link includes objections from the Belvedere ward Councillors) on the Bexley side of
Abbey Wood station will stay exactly the same as it has always been with an 11
to 1 time restriction to deter commuter parking. In the words of Richard Diment,
the Cabinet Member for Places, “The proposed changes for the CPZ [will] be abandoned.”
I can imagine that some residents will be unhappy that the weekend parking
problem will remain and even I living beyond the CPZ boundary see long
weekenders park outside my house from Friday to Sunday.
Residents of Abbey Road may be dissatisfied too as none of the houses
there have dropped kerbs - because the steep North to South incline on an East to West Road
prevents garden parking - and Bexley Council sells their road space to commuters for £15 a session.
But the majority view has prevailed.
How did such a silly proposal, including a Residents’ Permit price hike, which provoked two petitions come about? The
answer is pretty obvious. They came from former Cabinet Member Craske who has
probably never been North of Watling Street while I have credible reports that
his replacement Richard Diment was seen patrolling the streets himself to better
assess the issues and come to a sensible decision.
Extract from Councillor Diment’s decision.