Bid to drive out parking zone

Hackney Gazette

RESIDENTS who claim they distrust a council consultation on parking restrictions have decided to put together their own opinion poll.
Rushmore Road residents in Lower Clapton have collected a 34-name petition against part of a proposed residents' parking scheme in the Homerton University Hospital area.
The campaigners claim their stretch of the road is not used by visitors to the hospital and that a current council consultation on the issue will ignore their views.
"I don't trust Hackney Council, I don't trust them at all," said Dr Chloe Evans, 35.
"I don't think they're going to take our views into account."
She added that while those living near the hospital might welcome the parking proposals, other residents were worried that they were being included unnecessarily.
Joyce Bennett, landlady of the Eclipse pub in nearby Elderfield Road, agreed that residents should not have to compensate for a lack of facilities at the hospital.
A council spokeswoman was certain that residents' views would be taken into account during the consultation.
The council has sent out letters to residents and is inviting replies until October 31.