I’m really pleased that after years’ of nagging by some of my council colleagues, Haringey has at last agreed to let a car club to operate in the Borough. Car clubs are a great alternative to car ownership, especially in an area like Stroud Green where there are pretty good public transport links. In the long term they might reduce our acute parking problems.
Boroughs like Islington and Camden have had them for years. In fact. my colleague Ed Butcher is a user of Streetcar already, because he lives so close to the border with Islington. You can find out more about how they work at the Streetcar website.
The council are proposing to allow 6 cars to be parked in pairs at 3 sites in the ward. They are:
- Denton Road, by the junction with Weston Park
- Stapleton Hall Road, by the junction with Quernmore Road
- Victoria Road, by the junction with Stapleton Hall Road
A number of residents have suggested that the Stapleton Hall Road site is not good due to the heavy parking pressures – and that the Oakfield Road bridge would be a better site as it is just inside the CPZ. I have relayed that suggestion to the Council.
If you have any views on any of these locations then please contact me, or email the Council directly at consultation {at} haringey.gov(.)uk before the consultation ends on 5 February.