Council inhabits another planet (From Croydon Guardian)

Council inhabits another planet

12:36pm Wednesday 4th September 2002

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Should we be at all surprised that the ruling politicians and officers of Croydon Council believe their new CCPZ parking restrictions bare any resemblance to the real world.

Here is proof that these people inhabit another planet, totally

detached from the day to day

realities the rest of us live with.

The spin is all about congestion and promoting public transport. The questions to be answered are:

1. How much additional revenue do they expect to raise?

2. How many officers and councillors have exclusive council

provided secure car parking spaces in central Croydon?

3. Are these spaces available for use at evenings and weekends?

4. Has the Council done a cost/benefit analysis to the

business community if these plans go ahead?

5. Is there anyone in Croydon Council making a living by

running their own business?

6. Is Croydon worth £1 per 30 minutes for a parking bay, when you can get one hour for 70p in The Glades shopping centre, Bromley.

7. Will the Council be concerned when 20-year-old businesses like this one, decide enough is enough, and move out of town?

Any reasonable person would agree that some form of parking regulation, control and pricing is necessary, but this Council has abandoned reason in favour of

outright hostility to cars coupled with a smoke screen of hypocrisy and duplicity. I am very angry.

Brian Pendlebury

Director, Classical Lighting

High Street, Croydon

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