The
Elizabeth line continues to cause parking chaos in the streets just outside the
old Abbey Wood Controlled Parking Zone and the first residential road beyond its boundary is mine.
When Bexley Council more than doubles its parking charges
in three weeks time things will only get worse.
What is Greenwich Council doing to tackle the problem? Consult on an extended CPZ. What is Bexley Council doing? Sweet FA.
Around 1:30 today I managed to get my car out on to the main road and in doing
so noted two cars parked across dropped kerbs, the ones that are there to assist road crossing, not private driveways.
When I returned half an hour later a third vehicle had similarly added to the chaos and I literally
could not get home. I was able to do so only by reversing to allow a large van
to get through and both of us driving over the footpath for a short distance.
Somewhat annoyed about it I went on the Council’s website to report them but was
not able to. Apparently I was supposed to have photographed the offending
vehicles and noted their registration numbers as I drove by. I gave up and so Bexley Council
has missed out on a couple of hundred pounds.
I am not absolutely sure about it but I think I would have had to make three separate reports.
The photos above are recent stock shots. The silver car is parked across a
dropped kerb although it does not show clearly. The number is obscured because I
noticed it belonged to a nurse on call. I doubt Bexley Council would be that sympathetic.
The white van is trying to get past the red one which inconsiderately leaves its
back end obstructing the junction. Sometimes it too has caused me to use the footpath.
The only way to solve the problem is double yellow lines around every junction,
marked parking bays to prohibit end on parking and single yellow lines
everywhere else to deter commuter parking. Every property has at least one
designated off road parking space. There is no excuse for Bexley Council
leaving residents to suffer.