4 September - Phase I completed
The
double yellow lines in Carrill Way and Abbotswood Close got done by
1 p.m. today but unfortunately the offending motorists didn’t.
Unusually there were only two cars parked on the Carrill Way corners today and
one in Abbotswood the driver of which was located and moved. A lot better than
last Saturday when an enormous untaxed lorry blocked Carrill Way completely for a couple
of hours. How did I miss that?
The moronic driver with the personalised number plate (MR06 NEK) was there as always by
7 a.m. this morning but closer to the kerb than usual.
Obviously someone who does not read street notices.
If Bexley Council had any sense they would have allowed the contractor to cone
off the corners but he said they were no longer allowed to do that.
A couple of the residents in Carrill Way were betting that Moronic will be back again
tomorrow squeezing into the gap between the unfinished lines. They said the number plate
did not quite read MORONIC but it was a good effort for a cretin.
Abbottswood Close.
Carrill Way.
Conversations with residents of both roads revealed a marked difference of opinion.
In Abbotswood Close the complaint was that the yellow lines took away too much parking space
which a resident wanted to use and did not seem to appreciate that Highway Code guidance is that lines
should always extend ten metres around corners, not some arbitrary amount. Another additionally wanted a CPZ and residents’ permits because £150 a
year is a small price to pay for not having to shuffle two cars on a private drive.
In Carrill Way there is a wish for single yellow lines to stop all day
road blocking and for the parking bays to be marked to discourage end on
parking. This would be my preferred solution too and it is pleasing to note that
Bexley Council’s refusal to see sense is not just a personal bee in a bonnet.