Muswell Hill Lib Dem Councillor Lynne Featherstone has described as ‘constructive’ a meeting with Haringey Council on the state of one of Muswell Hill’s few parking areas – the car park behind Marks and Spencer on the hill.

Discussions on the council-operated car park have resulted in Haringey agreeing to a clean up, and to provide better maintenance in future. The council has also agreed to look at better planting, and to consider a four-hour maximum limit on parking, once a usage survey has been carried out. It is hoped this will maximise use and benefit to local shops and businesses.

Lynne Featherstone also discussed how to resolve the present problems with leaving the car park. There are regular traffic jams, causing congestion and nuisance for residents in Hillfield Park and St James’s Lane.

Lynne Featherstone comments: “This was a useful meeting, and we have made some headway. Hopefully, the car park will be cleaner, and we can get some progress to ease the entry and exit problems. Making the most of the parking we have in Muswell Hill, including all the spaces at the Odeon as well as here at Marks and Spencers, will help ease problems in residential roads in the area. These improvements will be part of that.”