So: this is what our street, Nelson Road, looked like, mid-morning on a Monday, shortly before Crouch End's latest expanded CPZ was introduced, coming right up to and including the next street, Ferme Park Road. Compare it with the photo beneath...
Also taken mid-morning on a Monday, but this time in the week just after the expanded CPZ was introduced in the streets adjacent. Notice any difference? Strangely enough, the street is now full, mostly with vehicles we haven't seen here before.
So it's hello to our new friends the breakdown trucks:
The old camper vans:
And some choice guano-encrusted vehicles:
And a load of ordinary cars that we haven't seen in the street before. Plus the odd added bonus such as a stolen car that suddenly turned up, but which the police spotted and towed away. Thanks, lads. Everyone else of course is here entirely legitimately because we are Just Outside the CPZ.
It's now the Easter holidays, a time when our street used to be half-deserted. Not any more. Come the autumn, the CPZs will expand eastwards along the ridge at the top end of our street, meaning yet more CPZ-dodging vehicles will go looking for a home. Something to look forward to.
Ahhh! Now I see how to comment - Welll done Hugh... but I've got bad news for you and the inhabitants of Nelson, Inderwick (where I live) and the other roads up to Uplands. Not only do we have to contend with displacement from Crouch End A but we will shortly have to contend with displacement from the South. Haringey have conducted a consultation on extending the Finsbury Park CPZ all the way up to Ridge Road (!) and every street within the consultation area (of course not including us) voted in favour of extending the CPZ. If we think it is getting bad now it will be unbelievable when they do this, probably, later this year.
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I couldn't agree more. I live on Nelson Road and have 2 children under 2 and its got to the stage where I dread going out as I almost certainly wont be able to park anywhere near my home when I come back. I have been in touch with harringey parking services, local councillors and our MP. I agree we have to get the zone extended to include Nelson Road. Not sure what else to do.
ReplyDelete"the logical conclusion is for the whole of Hornsey and Crouch End to become one large CPZ."
ReplyDelete'nuff said. I remember being gobsmacked by the Council's bare-faced effrontery when they introduced the first CPZs. They did a survey. They published the results. Which showed opposition running at something like 85%. Then they went ahead regardless.
It's a new tax, simple as that. These are birthing pains, en route to fully-fledged fleecing for all. And you're right - it's a massive pain in the bum.
BAD NEWS
ReplyDeleteHaringey are creating a new CPZ called STROUD GREEN to include part of the old Finsbury Park A CPZ and the roads up to and including Ridge Road. Active from September it will operate for 2 hours a day, Monday to Freiday 12 to 2.
Were we consulted? No we weren't - you may have seen the notices - we are organising a protest meeting on Friday May 20th at 7pm in the Hornsey Vale Community Cenre - the statutory consultation on Stroud Green finishes on May 26th, so not much time. We want to know why we weren't consulted, what the effect of the CPZ will be (we know the answer to that one) and what Haringey can do to alleviate the parking nightmare which their actions are about to unleash upon us.
Excellent that you're holding a public meeting on the 20th, Paul. Do you know who will be there from the council?
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear about the meeting tomorrow - I'll be there. Hope the council might actually take notice at last. I see the LibDem councillors are now backing a new consultation in our streets.
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