People living in or visiting Tottenham this Christmas can take advantage of free parking in local car parks until the end of January 2012 as part of an on-going campaign to boost trade in the area. This latest move from Haringey Council - designed to help the local economy – follows the recent announcement that hundreds of riot-hit businesses [...]
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Spurs stadium could lead to match-day parking ban in Enfield
TOTTENHAM Hotspur’s £400million stadium development could lead to the introduction of a controlled parking zone in Enfield. The Premiership football club had its bid approved at a special planning meeting last Thursday at Haringey Council where the full details of the ambitious scheme were thrashed out. It means Spurs current home White Hart Lane, in [...]
Drivers baffled by 16 parking rules on road that’s netted Haringey council £564,000 in fines
Parking bosses were today accused of “deliberately exploiting” drivers at a London parking blackspot that has become the country’s most ticketed road. An “army” of parking attendants, backed up by CCTV, issue the equivalent of 33 tickets a day over the one-and-a-half-mile section of Green Lanes. The single stretch of road made Haringey council £564,000 in [...]
Councils’ camera cars rake in £8 million a year in fines
Councils are gathering £8million a year in parking and motoring fines with a fleet of new camera cars. A study by Big Brother Watch found just 54 of the modified Smart cars have punished an astonishing 188,000 motorists. The survey found 31 councils across Britain have versions of the popular town car modified with a [...]
Mayor’s plan to make Wood Green car free
Fume clogged streets could be a thing of the past if cars are permanently banned in Wood Green under ambitious plans to create a “town centre of the future”. The area is one of 12 earmarked by Transport for London to potentially benefit from a new network of bus and bike routes – by banning [...]