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News and Comment September 2023

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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.
CPZAnd 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.
CPZ

Extract from Councillor Diment’s decision.

 

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