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13.12.04
Lib Dem councillors in Highgate and Crouch End are backing compromise
plans from local residents over tough new parking controls proposed by
Haringey Council. The Council is presently consulting on plans which would
paint double yellow lines down much of Hornsey Lane, which has concerned
residents living on a road which already has a shortage of parking.
Lib Dem Leader Neil Williams, who represents Highgate ward, has been
working with the local residents' association, the Hornsey Lane
Association, and local campaigner Ralph Crisp, to see if a sensible
compromise can be agreed.
The Council had agreed to a request from Cllr
Williams to put on hold the implementation of the scheme until alternative
plans could be worked out. Hornsey Lane's six Lib Dem councillors are now
backing the alternative plans, which would allow parking to continue on
parts of the Lane, but also create new breaks which would allow for the
build up of traffic bottlenecks to be addressed.
Lib Dem Leader and Highgate councillor Neil Williams comments:
"I hope the
Council will listen to the views of the residents, who have come up with a
workable plan that will improve traffic flow without unnecessarily taking
away parking places. The road is a bus route and a main road connecting
Highgate and Crouch End, so we must ensure traffic can flow - but I think
a balance can be struck."
Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesperson Cllr Lynne Featherstone adds:
"John Gordon, Ralph Crisp and the Hornsey Lane Associate deserve much credit for
the hard work they have put in to developing their alternative proposals,
and I hope the council will adopt them."
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