CONTROVERSIAL parking restrictions introduced in Highgate last year have been hailed as a success by residents.
The controlled parking zone (CPZ) which came into effect in March last year throughout Highgate ward is up for review by environment chiefs on Tuesday.
New signs, parking bays and pay-and-display machines to enforce the restrictions sparked outrage last year among residents, who complained that they were expensive and unnecessary.
But John Plews, spokesman for Highgate Business Circle, said that on the whole the CPZ had worked well.
He said: “The council should be applauded for introducing the two-hour parking zone, which stops people parking all day.
“What we really need in Highgate is a public car park, but that is a whole different ball game.”
George Georgiou, who runs Continental Stores in York Rise, Dartmouth Park, agreed the controls “were working fine”.
He said: “We could do with more pay-and-display machines – at the moment they are only on one side of the road – and there are too many signs but our business has not been affected by the restrictions.”
David Shelbourn, who chairs the traffic and transport committee of 1,000-strong residents’ group the Highgate Society, agreed the CPZ had, on the whole, “worked reasonably well”.
But he added: “We are still concerned about the number of signs in the area. In some spots, there are three signs which basically say the same thing.
“We will be doing an audit on the signs next week.”