From 2006 to 2010, I was a councillor for Lee Green ward in the London Borough of Lewisham. During that time, I blogged regularly and in 2009 I won the Tim Garden Award for the Best Blog by a Liberal Democrat Holding Public Office. My blog posts from my term of office are archived here in case they prove of use to former constituents, or to those who share my annoyance with faulty street furniture
The extensions to the Hither Green East and Old Road/Bankwell Road CPZs will begin operation on 18th January 2010.
Residents who live in the affected areas will have received an application form for permits a couple of months ago – if you haven’t filled in and returned your permit application, you need to do so now. If you need another copy of the booklet and form, please call Eva Ashley at the Council on 8314 2080.
Residents will be aware that these zones were consulted on over a year ago. I was told back in June that they would begin operation by the end of September. Quite why it’s taken so long is anyone’s guess. I asked the Deputy Mayor (who is responsible for CPZs) a formal question on this at the last Council meeting and was told then that she couldn’t provide me with a date for the start of operation. When I asked her why there’d been such a delay she suggested that bad weather might have been responsible (I know we didn’t have the best August, but surely it wasn’t that bad?!?) She promised to get back to me with an explanation, but a fortnight on, and I’m still waiting.
Anyway, 18th January it is.
