Late-night parking count in Canary Wharf ward
67 more vehicles than parking spaces available
I did a walk around Canary Wharf ward mainly looking at the parking from 6.45pm to 8.15pm tonight
Saw a traffic jam caused by roadworks + a blue badge vehicle parked outside Wardian
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67 more vehicles than parking spaces available
I did a walk around Canary Wharf ward mainly looking at the parking from 6.45pm to 8.15pm tonight
Saw a traffic jam caused by roadworks + a blue badge vehicle parked outside Wardian
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I have been meaning to do this walkaround for some time as I know we have a big problem
A negative number i.e. -5 means that there were no spare parking spaces and 5 cars were parked on double yellow lines, or where they should not be parked i.e. on pavements
Some are blue
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A negative number i.e. -5 means that there were no spare parking spaces and 5 cars were parked on double yellow lines, or where they should not be parked i.e. on pavements
Some are blue
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badge vehicles and some will have been food delivery vehicles, some will be visitors, some private hire vehicles waiting for trade and some will be people living in car-free accommodation who cannot park normally
A positive number + 5 means five spare/empty spaces
Results:
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A positive number + 5 means five spare/empty spaces
Results:
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Millharbour -21 not including Ability Place - see pic for a car parked well off the kerb as an example
Mastmaker -19
Byng -13 mostly at the eastern end
Marsh Wall -11 including side roads on the north side
Cuba -10
Cassillis -9 but some delivery vehicles
Lightermans -4
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Mastmaker -19
Byng -13 mostly at the eastern end
Marsh Wall -11 including side roads on the north side
Cuba -10
Cassillis -9 but some delivery vehicles
Lightermans -4
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Manilla/Tobago -2
Strafford 0
Alpha Grove 0 there were 2 half spaces
Janet +2
Mellish +2
Arnhem Place +5
Tiller +13 ten of which on western end of Tiller
Sorry I could not get to Garford Street tonight and Hertsmere is a private road but will check them another night
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Strafford 0
Alpha Grove 0 there were 2 half spaces
Janet +2
Mellish +2
Arnhem Place +5
Tiller +13 ten of which on western end of Tiller
Sorry I could not get to Garford Street tonight and Hertsmere is a private road but will check them another night
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So in total, we have 67 more cars than we have parking bays on a typical Saturday evening
We have over 20,000 residents in the ward now so proportionally it is not bad - but it will get worse
The reason for doing this is the complete failure by Tower Hamlets Council to plan
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We have over 20,000 residents in the ward now so proportionally it is not bad - but it will get worse
The reason for doing this is the complete failure by Tower Hamlets Council to plan
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ahead for this level of density and in particular for disabled car owners (Wardian has 95 underground parking bays but only 2 are reserved for blue badge users even though 10% of all apartments should be wheelchair accessible, there are other similar or worse examples)
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It may be possible to create a few more parking bays:
the coach park on Lightermans convert to disabled only like the section opposite on Millharbour
Manilla Street convert business only parking into resident-only as the businesses that used to be there have moved
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the coach park on Lightermans convert to disabled only like the section opposite on Millharbour
Manilla Street convert business only parking into resident-only as the businesses that used to be there have moved
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A couple of the car club bays I do not think are being used anymore
Add 4 bays on the west side of Cuba street by the river
But that will only add a few more bays and won't really solve the problem
But this is why I launched a Mayoral campaign to talk about these issues
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Add 4 bays on the west side of Cuba street by the river
But that will only add a few more bays and won't really solve the problem
But this is why I launched a Mayoral campaign to talk about these issues
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