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| UPDATED
EVERY FRIDAY
Last Update:
Friday 20th
May, 2005 |
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| Car clampers face the end of the road |
CAMDEN Council is considering
plans to end car clamping, a move which would make the borough
one of the first areas in the country to give up the tough
parking penalty.
A draft report of the Parking Scrutiny Panel – an
internal investigation into parking enforcement in Camden
– demands research into whether a policy of clamping
car wheels should be scrapped.
It said: “The panel felt that where there may be a very
good reason to tow away a dangerously parked car, the same
argument did not extend to clamping, which would never be
done in those circumstances where a removal was appropriate.
“Investigation into a different approach was required.”
The draft dossier follows several months of evidence heard
by a cross-party panel of councillors led by Labour backbencher
Maggie Cosin. It was commissioned amid growing public concern
with Camden’s parking rules.
The panel found only Westminster clamps more cars in inner
London than Camden.
“There should be a comprehensive
study including an assessment of stopping clamping altogether,”
the panel’s report added.
If the Town Hall brought clamping to an end in Camden, it
would follow the examples of Manchester City Council and St
Albans District Council which have already dumped clamps.
Central London authorities, however, have not taken such step.
Other draft recommendations include a review of pay and display
around churches and pro-active prosecutions following abuse
of staff.
A final report is due next month but before a rival inquiry
– set-up by Conservative Councillor Piers Wauchope –
publishes its findings.
The Tory leader, who has led his own six-month probe into
parking, is due to indicate his panel’s comments and
recommendations by the end of the week.
A total of 29,554 cars were clamped in Camden last year, the
report says, which averages out at almost 80 a day.
Drivers must pay £65 to have the clamp removed and £50
for a parking ticket. Drivers therefore paid out nearly £3.4
million last year
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