16 August - The inconstencies of Bexley Council’s new Crazy Painting Zone (CPZ AW1)
The consensus so far on the new CPZ in my area is that it is popular with some disappointment that it does not go far enough.
There may be very different views in roads further away like Elstree Gardens. I
think one must concede that roads very different in character probably need
different solutions and that we have not got.
My own observation is that there are massive inconsistencies in the CPZ’s
application which are hard to explain but which one might guess are typical of
people who did no more than pore over a map in an ivory tower.
My end of cul-de-sac turning circle has partial lining (Photo 1, top) while
others have either complete yellow lining or none ar all. (Photos 1, 2 and 3 below.) Photo
7 shows another half lined turning area.
I thought my own drive was alone in being lined but at the other end of the
estate there are more (Photos 5 and 6) Photo 5 being a dual drive with only half of it lined.
Across the road is an unlined drive. (Photo 8.) Photos 5 and 6 are on a bend so maybe not comparable with my own.
My theory was that drives which have been registered with the Council as No
Parking, owners included, have been lined but the regular Traffic Warden told me
that my drive is the only one registered and showed me on her hand held computer.
If that is still true the two shown might be only because of the bend in the road.
Photo 4 is strange. There is no bend and it is lined as if it is registered No
Parking like my own, however Bexley Council’s rules do not allow shared drives to be registered for No Parking.
There are lines at the end of the footpath between Halifield and Coptefield Drives
where parking would be illegal anyway. (Photo 9.)
Photo 10 shows a dropped kerb which is there for no obvious reason across which parking is allowed. {I have been advised that a garage was converted to living space many years ago.]
Photo 11 shows new lines placed around a bend in the road which may be a safety issue rather than CPZ related. Photos 12, 13 and 14 show unused poles outside communal parking areas and Photo 15
a communal parking area without a pole. Photo 16 is an exit fully equipped with sign and yellow lines. I still do not
understand why people emerging from flats must be reminded of the CPZ while those leaving houses do not.
Photos 17 and 18 are unfinished lines caused by the presence of cars when the man with the brush visited.
The final photograph shows commuter parking in the private bays which offer the
shortest walk to Abbey Wood Station. Some are listed on Find a Parking spot Apps
at £7 and more a day. I suspect the leaseholder Centro would have something to
say about that. (This info from a reader’s tip off.)
End of cul-de-sacs lined partially lined and not lined. Shared drive lined.
End of house drives half lined, lined and not lined.
Footpath lined. Redundant dropped kerb not lined, (a garage was converted to living space). New lines on bend. No sign on exit.
Three communal parking areas lined two with not yet occupied poles and one lined with sign.
Two unfinished lines (due no current parking restrictions) and one completed. Commuters in private parking bay.
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