Double yellow line victory
Clapham Common Conservatives have secured the backing of Lambeth Council bureaucrats for their bid to reduce the length of double yellow lines at some junctions within the local Controlled Parking Zone.
Officers also agreed to a reduction in the number of motorcycle bays, allowing for more car spaces.
Clapham Conservatives started a petition and collected 141 signatures last year. Since then, Lambeth Council has produced a report on the proposed reforms – stating that the yellow line issue was “the major problem in this zone” – and agreed to both proposals that Clapham Conservatives put to them.
The reductions will ensure that more parking spaces are available to residents which will be especially welcome in the evening, when lack of room to park is most problematic.
Petition Co-ordinator, Lloyd Milton, said: “This report was a long time coming but I’m delighted that Lambeth seem to have made a rare common sense decision. Let’s just hope the Lib Dem and Labour ward councillors do the right thing, and agree to rubber stamp the decision so that the work can start.”
