Topic: | Re:LM? | |
Posted by: | John Hickman | |
Date/Time: | 30/01/11 17:19:00 |
Mr Lynch, unfortunately I was unable to make the meeting to which you refer owing to work. I hope I never abuse you or your colleagues in the manner to which you refer. I would say only that it can be frustrating for what appears to be (by all measurement) a vast majority of people to have their views apparently ignored by thise "in power". I am against the CPZ being proposed for the following reasons... 1) No-one has convinced me that anyone - not even those who want the CPZ - will actually benefit from it. They refer to being unable to park outside their house but offer no proof that with the reduced number of parking spaces that this will be possible. I am very seldom able to do this and certainly do not expect it. 2) The numbers of cars that "belong to holiday makers, commuters etc". I have seen no proof that any cars parked in my road (Elmwood Road) actually belong to non-residents. They may, but where is the proof and the numbers? 3) It is undoubtedly true that if Elmowwod Road gets a CPZ then the problem (if there is one) will get moved to other roads which may then want a CPZ. Not a very efficient use of council money in these straitened times. 4) Most problems with parking in my road are of a temporary nature. These are as follows a) Parking disappearing owing to a large number of houses being "done up". Parking spaces disappear because of skips and transport needed by the people doing the renovation. b) People dropping off/picking up their chisldren at the Montessori school. c) People attending St. Michael's Church whether for services or a "social" event or choir practice or whatever else. All of the above are of a transitory nature and will not be fixed by a CPZ I am sure you agree. a) will have vouchers, b) will either arrive or depart during a time when the CPZ is not operational or will ignore it, creating more danger as they rush to complete their task and c) occurs mainly in the evenings when a CPZ is not operational. In summary, you say that we ought to try and endure a bit of hassle to make others' lives easier. I sympathise and would even support you in this view in other areas. However, it is difficult for me to do this in a matter such as this, where people are complaining about inconvenience on a minor level and then expect me to help pay to fix the problem - a problem I am happy to put up with and regard as trivial. May I therefore respectfully suggest that the council does indeed listen to the majority of people in the area who do not see a problem and do not see why something that "ain't broke should be fixed". |