Cllr. Ray Dodds, the Lead Member for the Environment, announced during the state of the borough debate that the plans to introduce a CPZ in Crouch End have been dropped.

Liberal Democrat councillor Ron Aitken paid tribute to the campaign mounted over the past few months by local residents. Haringey Council received dozen of letters objecting to the imposition of the CPZ as well as a 950 signature petition.

“Without the hard work of local people it is likely that we would be facing the prospect of an unnecessary and unwanted CPZ,” comments Cllr. Aitken.

Fellow Liberal Democrat councillor for Crouch End, David Winskill, has called on Haringey to launch a full review of its consultation process to examine the timeliness and quality of the information offered during the process. He has called for local residents’ groups and councillors to be invited to contribute to the review, so lessons can be learnt for the future. He went on to say that there are some hot spots of parking problems in the area, and many local businesses have expressed concerns over haphazard parking in the Broadway.

“I have already requested a meeting with council staff and the Crouch End Traders’ Association to review parking around the Broadway.We should also set up a Residents’ Parking Forum to monitor any changes in parking patterns when the BT development opens,” comments Cllr Winskill.

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The Liberal Democrats have previously called for better use to be made of Hornsey Town Hall car park during shopping hours at the weekend in order to ease parking issues near the Broadway.