LIB DEMS WELCOME LATE EMBRACE BY LABOUR COUNCIL OF LIB DEM POLICY ON PARKING FORUM

12.6.03

Liberal Democrat councillors are welcoming the decision of the Council Executive on Tuesday night (9th June) to establish a Parking Focus Group as a consultation forum a year after it was proposed by Liberal Democrat councillors in their borough election manifesto.

The forum, which claims to be looking at 'parking in its wider sense, which will lead to a more user led approach to service delivery', is something that the Lib Dems have been calling for ever since the Muswell Hill CPZ debacle.

Lib Dem leader Ross Laird, comments:

"I am delighted that the Council has finally taken a leaf out of the Lib Dem book and acknowledged that consulting with local residents over difficult local issues is the only way forward.

"For too long we have had to fight the Council over botched consultations and attempts to dictate policy to residents. I hope that Haringey will continue to adopt Lib Dem policies, it will certainly make for a more open and accessible Council."

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