I wanted to add an alternative point of view. Please can you post in the interest of balance as there seems to be a strong bias in responses towards certain streets...
I have sympathy with the people in the Elmwood to Frankfurt roads and am sure that at the moment they don't have problems parking, in fact I often have to park in Elmwood because that's the closest I can get to my own house on red Post Hill by North Dulwich station!
The main problem is for those of us that live near the station and the Charter School. Every day I see people coming off the train at North Dulwich and getting into their car which is locally parked. Year 12 and 13 children and teachers also park locally during the day, which combined with commuters make my life miserable.
We have one car and moved into the area from brixton where we had a CPZ. Initially I was pleased that there was no parking, but having been here nearly a year am now sick of it and would gladly pay to stop the problem. In the evenings and weekends there is no problem parking near North Dulwich station, and it is often better during the day in the school holidays so I find it hard to believe a CPZ would make parking worse.
It has got to the point where I can't use the car during the day as I am afraid of not being able to find a parking space when I come home, with small children this is a real inconvenience. Tradespeople that come to the house regularly complain about not being able to park and I often have to move our car to one of the neighbouring roads so they can park closer to our house to load and un-load. It creates a huge amount of stress and hassle that I feel is greater than having to pay and que for parking permits (we used to have to do this in Brixton also so I understand it's not the best experience!).
Unfortunately if they just put a CPZ in the roads by the station, those who at the moment object might start to experience the same problems those of us who live near the station have. I agree with the unfairness of the increasing cost of visitors permits, but at the moment am so desperate I would rather pay than continue to be unable to park.
Nicola
I live on the upper part of Red post Hill and I am strongly in favour of a CPZ.
ReplyDeleteWe have a very major problem with commuter parking in the upper part of Red Post Hill - for people travelling to Kings Hospital I think.
This makes Red Post Hill noisy and hugely congested during the working day, with cars parked on both sides. It also makes it difficult for buses to get past, causes accidents and road rage (and I mean road rage, the real thing..), and generally ruins the character of this lovely street, which was built to feel like cottages in the countryside and is now a conservation area.
I was visiting friends in the street when a couple came round with the petition; the friends I was with are in favour, and I am too (but of course I was out when the people with the petition called).
The situation has got much worse since the Lambeth implemented the residents' parking scheme on Herne Hill Road (and of course we were spoilt by a blissful period of calm when the Red Post Hill bridge was under repair).
I'm sorry that it seems only CAPITAL LETTERS AND SHOUTING can get the message across that there are very real safety and amenity reasons for implementing at least part of the CPZ and some people ARE IN FAVOUR.
I also feel really uncomfortable about getting notices through my door from neighbours which use words like 'despicable', 'underhand' and 'undemocratic' and don't really invite aproper discussion on the issues.
It all feels more undemocratic, in fact, than the first round council consultation that we're currently in the middle of...
I hope some people at least will appreciate why I might not feel comfortable giving my name here.
I really hope that the Council and our Councillors feel able to weigh up more than the organised views of what feels like an intimidating lobby.
HERE, HERE! To you and Nicola
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