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Permalink Reply by Laura Davenport on October 18, 2010 at 11:01

A CPZ in Enfield really is a backdoor way of raising council tax. The real parking issue is in the evening when everyone comes home! Way too may houses have been turned into multiple occupation leading to a rise in cars and with Notting Hill Housing Trust wanting to pull even more people into the area via A406 'regeneration', Enfield Councils eyes have simply lit up with £ signs.

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on October 19, 2010 at 15:08

I take the point about the housing stock and multiple occupation - there are just too many cars - and this in an area very well served with public transport.

As loads of people drive down from Muswell Hill (and a fair few take the bus) to get on the tube at Bounds Green, I suppose it was inevitable that Enfield would follow-up with a CPZ after Haringey had established one across the road.

This is a problem of living on the edge of two separate local authorities; planning for things like parking transport and housing needs to take account of how people live and move around their neighbourhoods - not the constructed borough boundaries that determine who empties the bins and collects the council tax.

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Permalink Reply by Laura Davenport on October 19, 2010 at 17:24

I think the two boroughs do consult each other and as with all consultations, well in Enfield anyway, they ignore what others say and get on with what they planned in the first place. Maybe with a new administration things will be different but I won't hold my breath!

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Permalink Reply by Alan Sitkin on October 20, 2010 at 2:30

We wouldn't want you to hold your breath too long, Laura, but the world has in fact changed so thankfully you won't have to. It's clear that the former regime in Enfield had - how might we express this diplomatically - consultation problems, but that's one of the first things we're addressing, indeed its one of several areas for which Achilleas is taking direct responsibility.

In fact, if we can put gratuitous (and not very constructive) cynicism to one side, the very fact that we've got this consultation going on the Bounds Green CPZ is proof that the criticism is misplaced. If you would finally show up, for instance, at one of our environmental scrutiny panel meetings - you haven't come to any so far??? - you'd see the change in tone. The next one is Monday 15 November, hopefully you'll attend.

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Permalink Reply by Alan Sitkin on October 20, 2010 at 2:30

Alan Sitkin said:

Like Richard I agree entirely that we need to battle local densification, it's always been on the agenda which is why we spend so much time fighting developers (as our friends from Palmerston Rd can attest) and seeking to restore a balanced community by getting more services into the ward. Which puts paid to the cheap shot about eyes lighting up with £, don't know who you're referring to but it's not us and not nice. You'd have a better idea of the good things we're working on in this area if you came to some of the things we've been organising re: NHHT and getting the best for the community - but you seem to have stopped getting involved (except for these sarcastic comments here). Yet the ward needs the strongest possible community representation. Hopefully you'll decide to get stuck in again one day.

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Permalink Reply by Laura Davenport on October 20, 2010 at 9:31

Great to hear that Enfield is taking into account how many people can be expected to live in the area and anticipate that back gardens won't have houses built on.

Looking forward to the Area Action Plan coming back into action and a meeting to discuss how far it has got.

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on March 11, 2011 at 21:25

Traffic and parking are a continual concern on this site and also for other Residents Associations and online forums across the borough. John McMullan a Harringay online site member has suggested an informal get together to talk about traffic, rat-running and parking.

Who's up for a chat at the Gate Pub oppsite Ally Pally station on Weds 23rd at 8:00pm? RSVP on the Events listing page

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Permalink Reply by Laura Davenport on March 14, 2011 at 16:46

I'm pretty sure that Enfield have decided not to go ahead with a CPZ in the Bounds Green area.  Feedback from the consultation showed that residents were not in favour. 

 

But I think Enfield were planning on talking with Haringey traffic engineers regarding the no left turn from Bounds Green on to Brownlow with a view to allowing such a turn and taking some pressure off Warwick Road.  Not sure where that discussion has got.

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Permalink Reply by Richard McKeever on March 14, 2011 at 16:55

Thanks for this Laura - will you be able to come to the meeting next week to discuss traffic with others? - anyone from BTAG with an interest in traffic issues?

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Permalink Reply by Laura Davenport on March 14, 2011 at 17:29

I'll put the word out and see who can make it.

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