Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey Make £14.6m From Parking Fees & Fines
From the BBC this morning, Haringey rank as the borough with the 8th largest amount from parking fines and fees at £14.6m.
As the RAC says we should be asking how this is spent, I believe it cannot be absorbed into 'normal' expenditure, but it must be spent on the borough's road transport network...
Top 10 councils in England with the largest parking operations surplus:
- Westminster £73.2m
- Kensington and Chelsea £32.1m
- Camden £26.8 m
- Hammersmith and Fulham £23.1m
- Brighton and Hove £21.2m
- Wandsworth £20.5m
- Islington £19.1 m
- Haringey £14.6m
- Hackney £14.5m
- Hounslow £12.0m
Source: the RAC Foundation
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Not quite true. It must be spent on transport which includes Freedom Passes for those residents in Haringey eligible for them.
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Permalink Reply by Mr Wodjacallim on
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That sounds like an urban myth ... is there any proof?
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See page 5 of this document:
Concessionary Travel and Blue Badges Parking Service delivers the Blue Badge, Freedom Pass and Taxi Card schemes. The Concessionary Bus Fares Scheme (Freedom Passes) offers free travel for older and disabled people on all Transport for London Services (Buses, Tube, Docklands Light Railway, Trams and London Over ground. The Taxi Card scheme offers discounted taxi fares for those who cannot use pubic transport. The Disabled Blue Badge Scheme provides a national arrangement of on-street parking concessions. This enables people with severe walking difficulties who travel either as drivers or passengers to park close to their destinations.
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Permalink Reply by Protheroe O'Shea on
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I wish we were the highest. Like Wireless festival the money must come in very handy.
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Probably justified on a lot of occasions, eg the white van parked fully on the pavement in Bounds Green Road yesterday, forcing pedestrians into the road.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Hear hear
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Permalink Reply by Zena Brabazon on
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I read the article and asked yesterday for a full briefing on this. As far as I know the Parking account i should not be used as a business to generate profits and surpluses. When I get an answer I will share it.
Now you have mentioned the blue van I will contact David Shipp and ask him to get someone onto it! Have you any photos of it by the way?
All the ebst
Zena
Zena Brabazon
Cllr, Harringay ward
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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The Council website says - "There is normally a ‘no loading’ restriction between 8am - 10am and 4pm - 6.30pm. During this no vehicles are allowed to park , load or unload during loading restriction hours. When loading and unloading is generally limited to 40 minutes and the activity must be continuous. "
I have never seen anyone actually loading or unloading and the blue van is usually there all day including after 4pm.
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Oh Zena, I have nearly ten years worth of photos. Emine chased it for me but apparently whenever the ticket people approach he just rushes out saying "loading loading!!!". It's right between the bus stop and the intersection, a right pain.
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Some of the other shops try it on now and then but none come close to this mob for sheer we-don’t-give-a-tossism. When the traffic is heavy (I.e. almost always) the 29 and 141 have to squeeze by or pull up in the middle of traffic.
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It appears on Google Streetview in Aug 14 and May 15. It's pretty hard to miss.
Saying that, parking is still incredibly cheap in Haringey. The cost of a parking permit, effectively renting part of the street for personal use, is very cheap for London land. I'm tempted to build a garden shed in the street outside my house and stick a parking permit on that and see how long it lasts.
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