Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Fake EV Charging
I've recently noticed a car that regularly parks in the EV Bay at the top of Rutland Gardens and pretends to use the EV charger (plugs in but never starts a charge). Since noticing this car doing it regularly (4-5 times a week all day). I've noticed others also doing this, albeit on a less regular basis.
I was wondering if this is something others are noticing around the Harringay and is a wider issue? The way to tell with the old source chargers is that they flash red, but other chargers may vary.
Some additional context:
I've chatting to my local councilor about the issue as the Parking Officer won't enforce if the vehicle is plugged in even if it's not charging. So hopefully this can be change (eventually), but looking at the reply they currently had from the council offers have got back, the council officers are been less than helpful even (they refer to the TMO but that indicates the EV has to be plugged in and charging)
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Permalink Reply by Alice B on
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It is totally bizarre that our council are unwilling to enforce anything. I wonder who is doing it and their business in the area
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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A few weeks before the election, the previous council Administration did enforce the spending of £520,000 on new furniture for the £65,000,000 civic centre.
The Cabinet Member Signing took place on March 27th.
Council set to spend over £500,000 on new furniture for revamped ci...
It is just as well that our council's coffers overflow with public money.
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In theory, all EV charging spaces are becoming ‘pay and display’ soon so this wont be an issue for long. However, it’s been nearly 18 months since this was announced so who knows when it will actually happen (and personally I’m hoping it takes a long time as I’m still infuriated by the council’s decision not to make the bays ‘shared use’ to avoid resident permit holders having to pay extra to charge their cars nearby…)
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Permalink Reply by Rich
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As fair as I'm aware that got dropped from the response my councilor got from Parking Services (they should have still allowed residents to park without parking charges and that change would have been fine
"The Council previously approved proposals to introduce charging-related tariffs for electric vehicles using charging bays. Following feedback from residents, particularly those without access to off-street parking and home charging facilities, implementation of those proposals was not progressed at that time. Officers are continuing to consider how best to support equitable access to EV charging across the borough."
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