Ed, Laura and I have launched our new Stroud Green parking and travel survey after testing it in a number of the roads in the area. We’ve launched the door-to-door survey in response to the Council’s refusal to hold a consultation on parking issues – despite promising they would do so after the Crouch End CPZ was introduced.
The picture of me chatting to residents of Granville Road was taken by Ed on the first day we went out surveying together. Several residents on Granville told us how a previous parking petition they had organised had been completely ignored by the Council. But it seems people are still determined to have their voice heard and we’ve had a fantastic response to the survey on the roads we’ve done so far (though there are still many more places to do).
Once we’ve surveyed all the roads we can, we will present the results to the Council to put pressure on them to take action. However, we have also put in questions on issues such as streetcar, local buses and pedestrian issues – so it isn’t just parking problems that we want to hear about.
Please do return the survey when we come to your road!
June 15th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Can someone explain to me why a CPZ was placed along a stretch of Mount View Road on the Islington side adjacent to the reservoir where there is no pressure on parking as all the properties are houses, and thee are only on one side of the road? Contrast this with the subsequent negative impact upon on Mount View Road, Haringey side, where parking is now nigh on impossible. Could someone also defend Haringey sending its vehcle removal lorries out at the crack of dawn to hit on cars on Granville Road/Mount View Road, whilst ignoring several more dangerously overparked corners in the area, eg. Nelson Rd./Ridge Rd.?