Use Public Transport they say, so I was returning from a
trip to Greenwich town centre where I had stayed for all of five minutes, two
hours and 21 minutes after leaving home (†) - thanks SouthEastern and Thameslink -
to find a small gaggle of neighbours out in the street celebrating the arrival
of a week old letter from Bexley Council. It confirms
what was said here
exactly two weeks ago. An Experimental CPZ will be introduced within the
area outlined below to be reviewed in about 18 months time to see what problems - or otherwise - it might cause.
The neighbours were pleased to see that the operational hours were
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to
Friday despite this meaning that locally the parking problems will continue over some
weekends due to activities at the Abbey. It is obviously not sensible for
weekend restrictions to operate over the whole area for a localized problem.
Residents in Elstree Gardens and other places where off road parking spaces are
at a premium may not be so happy with the £132·50 of extra taxes being imposed.
There was unfortunately no news on whether or not marked bays will be introduced
about which everyone was disappointed. Without them some roads may continue to
suffer although maybe rather less so in the middle of the day.
Why it took nearly ten months to come up with this plan remains a mystery.
Inefficiency and indecision presumably.
From Lesnes Abbey in the West to St. Augustine’s Road in the East.
† I can be on the platform of Abbey Wood Station within seven minutes of leaving home.