Seven months of parking misery ahead for Crouch End

6.03.00pm BST (GMT +0100) Mon 20th Aug 2007

There seems to be no end in sight to the parking misery for people in Crouch End, say local Lib Dems. Residents have been inundated with cars displaced by parking restrictions in nearby roads after the implementation of Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs) in Highgate, Stroud Green and in Hillrise (Islington) coupled with the temporary closure to the Highgate station car park. Local Lib Dem councillors have criticised the Council for having no plan to help alleviate parking pressure in these areas until 2008/09. Lib Dems are demanding immediate action and the Council has conceded a meeting with residents' representatives to discuss a way forward.

Cllr Lyn Weber (Crouch End) comments:

"I am disappointed that the Council is again failing residents by not responding swiftly. The Cabinet member has now agreed to meet representatives of local groups. Action is needed now rather than later. This is a small step in the right direction but I will keep up the pressure.

"What is worrying is that the Council does not have any plan to alleviate residents' misery. Residents will have to put up with this until the next financial year. It is totally unacceptable that the Council implemented all of these CPZs in one go and did not seem to think of the residents in neighbouring streets. It's another example of Labour's careless attitude."

Local resident, Rachel Allison, adds:

"Parking is a nightmare. Some people in Claremont Road cannot park in their own road let alone their outside their own house. The introduction of a CPZ into the bottom half of Northwood Road, a road that is not residential, beggars belief and is an example of the Council's disregard for residents."