Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Campaign for 30 minutes of free parking on Green Lanes: Is this localism?
Local Lib Dems on Green Lanes last weekend (Photo via Flickr)
The Harringay Traders organisation have long campaigned for cheaper parking on Green Lanes. Last weekend the Haringey Lib Dems launched their campaign supporting this demand with a call for 30 minutes of free parking on Green Lanes.
Some argue that this measure is essential for the survival of our high street since it is so dependent on visitors from around London and beyond, many of whom come for a day out at the restaurants, bakeries, clothes, shops and so on.
Others have suggetsed that a high street ought to be more focussed on serving a locally resident population and that reducing the cost of parking will only serve to attract more traffic to the area. But is Green Lanes just too big to put its focus locally in the current climate of failing high streets?
What do you think? Is this campaign hitting the nail on the head, supporting the spirit of localism and helping our high street to thrive? Or is it missing the local dimension?
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Permalink Reply by AndrewAW1 on
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Hmm, I haven't received any response to my email asking how the encouragement to get more people driving reconciles with the commitment to making cycling easier and safer in Harringay but I have received another mailshot saying they are committed to making cycling easier and safer in Harringay (exactly the same words surprisingly) and a mailshot telling me how good it will be if more people drive to the shops.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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In what way Paul?
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Paul, visitor parking permits are available for 1 hour; 2 Hours; all day; or over a weekend.
More information on the Council's website here.
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Presumably you'll still have to get a pay & display ticket, you just won't pay for the first half an hour.
Of course, there's no such thing as 'free' parking. All the other taxpayers in Haringey, the majority of whom do not own a car, will be paying to subside the cost of providing that 'free' parking space. -
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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Exactly how it was done in the 90s in New Zealand when I saw it. Traffic Warden had a stick with chalk on it and they just left a coloured mark on the wheel as they passed... Genius.
The 2 hour slots on the ladder roads are well missed in my opinion. Sure Alan you can get a visitor's permit, but there are large slots of parking space available during the day (10-4) on pretty much all ladder rung roads as far as I have ever seen. I do not see the need to manage or regulate parking during the day such that all 1/2 hour free parking spaces need be removed as residents simply do not need the space. I can count on one hand the number of times I have had to park on a different street in my decade long experience of living on the Ladder.
I argued against their removal when they were removed, and would do so today. I see their availability as a valuable part of the way a community is able to interact and move. For example, folks are able to come to shop on GL during the day- making the high street a day time shopping centre, as opposed to seeing it move towards an evening venue as many have observed it may well be doing!
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