New Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) signs will be installed by Haringey Council following pressure from the Liberal Democrats. Cllr Richard Wilson requested that signs in the Finsbury Park CPZ should show warnings of upcoming football matches and events at weekends when the CPZ will be enforced. The request was made after a meeting on 1st March 2007, attended by Liberal Democrat councillors, where residents voiced their concerns regarding the inadequate signage.

In a letter to Councillor Wilson on 15th March, Haringey Council showed that they have now asked the Department of Transport to authorise an update to existing signage. Once authorisation is given they will seek to change the signage to advertise the date of the games/events in advance of them happening.

Councillor Wilson (Stroud Green) comments:

“This is fantastic news. It is about time that Haringey residents benefited from signs equivalent to those for people in Islington. It seems sensible that these signs show, in advance, the weekends that the CPZ will be enforced. I thank those residents that alerted me to this problem and glad that I was able to pressurise the Council to provide the signs.”