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Parking enforcement Ealing Borough

Just in case anyone living in Ealing borough CPZ missed the news report on the council appointing Greener Ealing to do parking enforcement it is perhaps worth considering how this might change things.For the last year at least enforcement in the Chiswick area has been minimal. On more than one occasion I've forgot to book in a visitor or someone doing building work and they've never got a ticket. You rarely see a parking attendant whereas before they were buzzing around all the time.This might be about to change. The council is not hiding the fact that they want to increase the number of fines and have employed 20 more staff to hand them out. Also, they now have a base in Acton which means that this area is going to get more attention. Hopefully I am wrong but, if you like me have become complacent, maybe it is time to rethink.

Anita Blake ● 317d3 Comments

Thanks for the information on the Acton depot - that's reassuring. Judging by the absence of any yellow tickets on vehicles as I walk to work, there is no ramping up of enforcement just yet.I'm sure there are streets where space is tight and people might appreciate more enforcement particularly near the tube stations. It would be interesting to see if the council actually is able to be more responsive to requests from residents for more regular visits from traffic wardens.

Anita Blake ● 314d

Thanks for the warning but I think the Greener Ealing base is in Park Royal. This is probably far enough away so that we don't see what happens on Chiswick High Road where the traffic wardens take a short walk from their base at the Town Hall to get their quota for the day before going back for a cup of tea. Like you the light enforcement of the last year or so has worked well, providing enough of a deterrent to discourage people from not paying to park in our road but not harshly punishing the times when you get distracted and forget to book a visitor in immediately. However, there may be other parts of Bedford Park and Acton Green where residents are struggling for space due to the increased number of shared, disabled, EV charging and car club bays. When they said they were going to bring enforcement in-house they said it would give them more control over where and when it took place so that should mean that where residents want and need more enforcement, they will get it.

Andrew OSullivan ● 316d

No hopefully you are right.

Paul Campbell ● 317d