Andrew Dismore

Andrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden, has obtained figures from the Mayor of London that one loading bay on Falloden Way in Hampstead Garden Suburb alone issued 1490 penalty notices in 2012.

Mr Dismore said:

“Since May I have asked nine questions on this loading bay. To date only limited changes have been made. It is mad that it is not marked and one small loading bay, on a small parade of shops such as this can generate such vast amounts of money. They still have not answered my question from early January as to how much these fines have generated. However given the rate of fines it cannot be anything less than £89,400 and could be as much as £178,000 extra income for the Mayor in 2012.

TFL now claim that they have asked the Department for Transport for permission to perform a simple task such as painting ‘LOADING BAY’ on the road. This has taken ten months to get to this point. Anyone would think that the Mayor is reluctant to get on and fix this profitable error.”

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Market Place/Falloden Way 1

Question No: 272 / 2013

Andrew Dismore

Further to your responses to Questions No: 2589 / 2012 and No: 2591/ 2012 and 3092 / 2012 and 3557 / 2012 on Parking enforcement at Market Place/Falloden Way, will you arrange for the words “Loading Bay” or similar to be painted on the carriageway at the appropriate point, and if not why not?

Written response from the Mayor

TfL currently defines its parking and loading boxes using dashed markings and a sign plate detailing the type of restriction and hours of operation, and these are the only signs and markings currently approved for use by the DfT on the TLRN.

 

TfL provided an additional sign plate at the loading bay last year to help highlight the distinction between this and the adjacent parking bays. It is currently in the process of applying to the DfT to include additional ‘LOADING ONLY’ highway markings, where loading bays are directly adjacent to parking bays, to help address any uncertainty at these locations. Should the DfT agree to this proposal, TfL anticipates that the markings could be introduced this summer.

 

 

Market Place/Falloden Way 2

Question No: 273 / 2013

Andrew Dismore

Further to your responses to Questions No: 2589 / 2012 and No: 2591/ 2012 and 3092 / 2012 and 3557 / 2012 on Parking enforcement at Market Place/Falloden Way, how many parking tickets for parking on the loading bay were issued in the last calendar year?

Written response from the Mayor

From 1 January to 31 December 2012, TfL issued a total of 1,490 Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) to motorists contravening the red route restrictions outside 31-33 Market Place NW11.

 

The restrictions are defined with DfT approved markings and sign plates. However, TfL provided an additional sign plate at the loading bay last year to help highlight the distinction between this and the adjacent parking bays; and is currently in the process of applying to the DfT to include additional ‘LOADING ONLY’ highway markings where loading bays are directly adjacent to parking bays to help address any uncertainty at these locations. Should the DfT agree to this proposal, TfL anticipates that the markings could be introduced in the summer of 2013.

 

http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/9627098.Traders_protest_about_loading_bays/