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Is this being caused by the extensive work at end of Barry Road?

Southwark has a team of community and parking wardens on scooters. They could be tasked with delivering leaflets and perhaps even collecting medication from pharmacies and delivering to elderly etc.. There will probably be other useful tasks they can perform.

There are quite a lot of posts this am about no water and electricity on some roads. The Council are going to need to be very proactive about this sort of occurrence and the role of Councillors will be vital in ensuring incidents are dealt with ASAP.

Ring 111 immediately.

Alert your councillor.

The Council should be intervening if essential services are interrupted and not being dealt with promptly. Ask your Councillor to investigate.

To echo some earlier posts, I think Southwark should postpone CPZ implementation (for all the reasons described by other posters) as well as charges for the parks. My thinking is that for the elderly asked to self-isolate being able to drive to the park for a breath or fresh air or to walk the dog, is going to be much safer than using public transport. If, despite everything, Southwark insist on forging ahead with CPZ it would be irresponsible at the moment.

The question is, how do Southwark keep getting away with this sort of incompetence? It does feel as though there is zero accountability.

So how can we incentivise schools to be more community minded? Should/can schools be forced to keep their intakes strictly local? Is there a conflict between parents wanting the very best education for their child but also collective responsibility for healthy streets?

My guess is no child of that age could access a car on a regular basis without the parent?s knowledge. Just as parents pay for the school fees they will also more than likely have purchased the car. Parents with the means to do both probably also have sufficient means and intelligence to monitor and, if necessary, curtail their child?s behaviour. Anyway, it is a very minor point. The broader point is whether children should on the whole only go to schools local to them and schools be made to limit their catchment areas? I guess it would impact negatively on the business, competitive nature of the current education model but school traffic seems to be a major problem and this might go some way to tackling that?

Down to the parents really, surely they would know if their child owns a car and is using it to get to school? if it is made school policy it would be the parent?s responsibility to enforce.

Cycling feels dangerous for reasons other than cars, although cars are a factor. I have found other cyclists going faster than me a real menace and have had a number of close shaves. Cycling at night/ fear of crime is another factor. In terms of collectively putting children?s health first, it does seem as though school traffic is a big issue. Perhaps parents need to work harder with other parents to figure out how to get their children to school without using cars and coaches? Should we start seeking a situation where children have to go to a school that is walking or cycling distance only? Should 6th formers be banned from driving to school by the schools they attend?

If CPZ is up and running elsewhere in the borough why is it such a mess in this instance? We had similar shenanigans when Southwark first started charging for garden waste last year. Is it really just council cockup and incompetence? Councillor responses/intervention to this latest fiasco seem minimal to non-existant, yet they were so very involved in CPZ consultation.

Is it one of those consultations where anyone in the borough can comment?

Carrie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We have been having exactly the same problems, > doesn?t seem to matter whose name is the lead on > the council tax bill - the system will not > recognise the account number. Tried the phone line > - listened, through gritted teeth, to the endless > messages saying how easy it was to get the permit > online - finally got put through to a recorded > message which said ?sorry this mailbox is full? > and the call was disconnected! Have uploaded a > water bill and await confirmation from Southwark > that I do indeed live in the house for which they > have been charging me council tax! Ask your councillor for help- they are meant to help with these types of issues.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > exdulwicher Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Rockets Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Are the council allowed to do reinvest money > > > raised from that to other services - I > thought > > > they were, by law, only allowed to spend > money > > > raised from parking charges back on road > > > infrastructure? > > > > Yes and no. All income from parking charges and > > penalties has to be invested locally rather > than > > going to central government or becoming a > profit. > > Doesn't say it has to be invested in roads. > > I wasn't aware of this- Interesting. In these > times of reduced budgets for councils, that does > somewhat incentive more charges. And incentivise fines. Who is hiring and managing the parking wardens? Are they directly employed by Southwark or contracted out?

Yes, in that respect, bulk buying seems an incredibly selfish thing to do.

I am sorry you are having such a bad time. Given Southwark has been pushing this for years now you?d have thought they would have a system for permits that works? I?d speak to your Councillor asap. Also concerning this has been farmed out a third party who seem to want lots of personal data? I am now wondering if monitoring of parks parking will go to a third party too?

But this is exactly the outcome S?Wark want. Increase pressure on those outside the ?non car? areas so they too beg for CPZ. Remember too that there is a view that if you cannot cope without a car that really you should move, you have no business living here.

My understanding is, the council insisted on consulting on a street by street basis other than when this approach defeated their objective to get CPZ. For instance, Melbourne Grove taken as whole road was against CPZ, so the council decided to treat it as two separate roads with a north and south end, so it could get a majority in favour of CPZ from those living closest to the station. The aim was to get a domino effect where those streets closest to the station roads would vote in favour of CPZ and so on. The station roads were the catalyst the council needed to get CPZ started. Had ED being consulted as an area CPZ would not happen.

Is this pay be phone only or can people use coins? If by phone is there a requirement to have an ap and therefore a smart phone. What if you don?t own a smart phone. Presumably pay by phone means you have to have an account with details of your car and debit/credit card details? What happens to all the lovely data the council will collect?

This is the dilemma. We all want healthier streets with less pollution but the demands of getting kids to school, looking after elderly or sick relatives and myriad ? essential? journeys weighted against increasingly crazy working hours and demands on time, mean car journeys may also be essential. It?s not people being lazy or indifferent. However, those on the more extreme end of council thinking will not be swayed or engage in the complexities. It is all black and white thinking and solutions. One of the S?wark cycling reps even suggested that unless you can cycle to work ( presumably that also involves school runs) then you had no business living round here and should move!

James, do you know if SELDOC is being moved into the new Dulwich Hospital medical centre and if not what will be happening to this valuable service?

srisky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If we are talking about the need for cycle storage for children going to school why can't that be made on school premises? posted too soon > > ...etc and the general reduction in traffic during > school holdiays across the board shows it's not > just restricted to the private schools. > Either all parents and children are lazy or the > majority are just trying to manage the school run > and commute in the most efficient way possible, > although not the most environmentally friendly. > Some are just lazy. > Of course, there is a large concentration of > schools in under a square mile in Dulwich, which > compounds the problem. > > There needs to be a lot of secure bike storage > facilities at Herne Hill and North Dulwich to > encourage public transport use, > perhaps a "walking bus" to take pupils from > schools to stations, > better police/community officer visibility to > encourage parents to allow children to walk > without the fear of muggings. > I don't know where the funding for all this will > come from, though.

There is a contradiction here. If one of the primary reasons for reducing cars/ CPZ/ etc.. is to protect the health of children then how can any parent in all conscience drive their child into school or worse, allow their child to drive themselves?