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| Posted by: | Andrew Jones | |
| Date/Time: | 09/01/26 14:40:00 |
| I couldn't find information about the numbers of residents expressing support for and against extending both the hours and days that restrictions operate in CPZ Zone A on the council website. So what are the numbers? Ask the council David, and if they don't play ball and supply them, you could then do a freedom of information request so they have to provide them. I have no doubt that there was a majority who voted in the consultation to bring in the increased restrictions. Why am I so sure? Firstly, residents nearby, in the Olympia area "overwhelmingly" voted in March 2015 for restrictions in their six nearby CPZs to be extended. https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/councillors-and-democracy/consultations/olympia-parking-zones-consultation-outcome-and-next-steps Yes Zone A is a mix of domestic residences and businesses, so not exactly like Olympia (https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/olympia-update-3/) but it is pretty close to the CPZs in Olympia, it's got a lot of go-to places in the environs of Hammersmith Broadway, so it was quite likely to be experiencing some degree of parking stress in the evenings and on Sundays, so I'd expect residents in Zone A might have similar feelings to those who voted in the extensions to the six CPZs near Olympia. And a second reason, I really don't think LBHF would have gone ahead with expanding the restrictions if there had been a majority voting against this. Prove that I'm wrong about there being more residents who answered the consultation and supported the new restrictions compared to those who expressed opposition David, and I will gladly apologise to you on this forum. Why is the access to Beadon not further restricted? What, beyond the 08:30-23:00 restrictions that are the default times for the whole zone? What a ridiculous question - they don't need to be extended any further. I'm sure all the businesses in Lyric Square would really love you if you campaigned to have double yellow lines on Beadon Road. The residents who voted for the restrictions don't live on Beadon Road, and are more interested in what is happeing in the streets they live in, so why would they be somehow placated if Beadon Road was restricted 24/7? "The pinch point remains on Glenthorne which negates the intent of the increased CPZ." The CPZ isn't there to control traffic flow - it's to allow people to be able to park near where they live when they return home. The timeplates on Glenthorne Road are ( assuming that what I see on Google Streetmap is still valid) 7am-7pm Mon-Sat. Restrictions start earlier and finish earlier than the default restrictions in the rest of the zone. Those time plates need to be there. If the restriction on Beadon Road is 8.30am - 11pm then as I have repeatedly said, no timeplate is needed. Would have been nice if there still was one, but that would go against the prevailing trend of trying to reduce street clutter. Join the dots David. If there's a timeplate then the timeplate times apply. No timeplate - then the default CPZ times apply to the yellow line. So the restrictions on Beadon Road start later than those for the yellow lines (with adjacent timeplates) in Glenthorne Road, and they finish later. It really isn't rocket science, and anyone who has never parked before in the area shouldn't fall foul as long as they realise you can't assume you can park on a sunday on a yellow line in some boroughs these days. As I asked rhetorically, would you park your car on a yellow line in a CPZ in London at 4pm on a weekday? |