Richmond Council’s Manager for Transport and Highways, Graham Beattie has posted his recommendation for the St Margarets CPZ extension ahead of the 18 June Transport Consultative Group meeting.
They have recommended to extend the CPZ only to Bridge and Winchester Roads and a further review in six months.
Here are the highlights of the recommendation and survey results from the report:
RECOMMENDATIONS
2.1 That the Cabinet Member for Traffic, Transport and Parking approves the implementation of an extension to the St Margarets South CPZ into Bridge Road and Winchester Road, St Margarets
2.2 That a review of the new CPZ extension is undertaken after a period of operation of six months
Results of consultation
4.9 A total of 900 questionnaires were posted via Royal Mail to all properties within the proposed CPZ extension consultation boundary. Of this number a total of 462 (51%) have been returned. A summary of the results of the consultation exercise is shown as Appendix B.
4.10 Out of the 462 who returned their questionnaires, 147 (32) voted in favour of the CPZ and 305 (66) voted against the CPZ with 10 (2%) being undecided. The percentages are based on the total number of returned questionnaires.
4.11 Analysis on a street by street basis shows:
Question 1 “Would you like your road to be included in the St Margarets South controlled parking zone (zone S) operating between 10am and 4.30pm on Monday to Friday?”
- Substantial support for a CPZ extension in Bridge Road and Winchester Road
- Some or marginal support for a CPZ extension in Drummond Place, Hill View Road and Sidney Road
- Insufficient support for a CPZ extension in Brook Road, Chertsey Road, Cole Park View, Godstone Road, Kenley Road, Moor Mead Road, Orchard Road, South Western Road, St Margarets Grove, and St Margarets Road.
Question 2 “If the adjacent roads have a CPZ introduced would you then want your road to be included?”
- Some support for a CPZ extension in Chertsey Road and Cole Park View.
4.12 Due to the analysis showing substantial support for a CPZ extension in Bridge Road and Winchester Road and that these roads are situated adjacent to the existing CPZ, it is recommended that the CPZ be extended to these two roads only at this time and that the situation be monitored and reviewed after the extension has been in operation for six months. The review will provide the opportunity for any further extensions to the CPZ to be considered.
Comments
The reaction to the CPZ proposal seems to have un-nerved the Council. The recommendation is now on their site. I have emailed our 2 councillorsas follows:-
Dear Councillors,
I have just read the CPZ report & the recommendation
To say that I am gob-smacked is putting it mildly. For anyone living in Cole Park View,Sidney,Godstone, Kenley& South Western roads the effect will be disastrous. All the following will now be squeezed into an even smaller area:-
Commuters Drummond Place workers Turks Head customers St Margarets shoppers "Phelps" new wine bar customers Second cars from the existing CPZ
It is the worst posible outcome.Putting a positive slant on this recommendation I can only hope that the council's policy is " make it impossible for them to park & then ask again in 6 months". Putting a negative slant one can only question whether "representations" have been made by certain bodies who are not resident in the area but use Hill View Road as the only available parking left in the area.
Speaking for Cole Park View I know that the Councils' figures are inaccurate.
The only solution is all or nothing and I ask you to pass on my comments to your colleagues. At its best this recommendation can only be regarded as eccentric.
I can assure you that this one will run & run.
Stephen Alexander
I feel that this recommendation will satisfy only 2 roads in our area & will annoy anyone who voted in favour or against.
Peter @ stmgrts.org.uk on 2008-06-12 16:11:17 +0000This devisive scenario is a result of the disasterous Lib Dem policy change in 2006 which enabled them to cherry pick roads for a cpz in order to put the squeeze on adjacent roads and conduct consultations without definitive parameters. Due to demographics in the area there is a natural overspill of cars into adjacent streets. I put it to the council that consultations be conducted using natural boundaries using trunk roads, railways and park boundaries be used and that the overall majority should prevail. Alas I got the usual dismissive response: the oft repeated vacuous mantra of 'giving people what they wanted'. In effect 34 people (the yes vote in these 2 roads) will determine the daily lives of 900 households as well as local shops and business. In the current economic climate this could well mean the final nail in the coffin for many of them. It is interesting in light of todays news that David Davis has made a stand against individual freedom, over-regulation and being spied upon that Nick Clegg (leader of Lib Dems) has decided that his party will not stand against him. Perhaps RBC should take note.
Mary on 2008-06-12 21:39:22 +0000sorry, correction to last paragraph. David Davis made a stand FOR individual freedom and against over regulation.
Mary on 2008-06-12 21:43:44 +0000I note that the link in your heading goes to Appendix A instead of Appendix B, which is cabnet.richmond.gov.uk/Published/C00000174/M00001887/AI00016164/1039RTCG180608NPGeneralAnalysisAppBFinal.pdf
Trevor Whittall on 2008-06-13 11:10:16 +0000As I wrote on 11th January [http://www.stmgrts.org.uk/archives/2007/12/cllr_morgan_comments_on_the_cpz.html ], a devious divide-and-conquer strategy.
TODO: Must try to remember this taste of Liberal-un-democrcacy at the next election...
Ed
Ed on 2008-06-15 08:43:12 +0000Would that be the same Nick Clegg that recently proposed road pricing by means of a big database tracking the movement of every car in the country?
www.libdemvoice.org/new-poll-do-you-support-road-pricing-2797.html
The price of fuel already achieves pretty much the same thing without any increase in bureacracy.
There is an argument in there since he proposes to reduce VED and fuel tax to zero... but the words are carefully chosen, and one is all too aware what always happens with politicians, tax and temptation when they are in power.
If such a system is not spying I don't know what is... the guy really doesn't have a clue does he?
Ed
Ed on 2008-06-15 08:56:31 +0000I fail to see Ed's point at all. CPZs have always been granted on a street by street basis in the past. Is there any change now?
Trevor on 2008-06-15 21:50:27 +0000I don't think - Stephen Alexander - that the wine bar customers will be a big factor during the Mon-Fri working-day hours that the CPZ will cover. Evenings and weekends will be the bar's peak time, when the CPZ won't operate. No need to over-egg the pudding!
David bertram on 2008-06-16 12:51:22 +0000