Hello nice Soho peeps
I know some of you aint that bothered by the bike parking scheme thats recently been introduced but i'm sure you'll all be surprised to hear that i'm not happy about it. What a shock eh?
Anyhoo i'm not the only and recently in the bike bay near me i came across a notice from a chap calling himself RedRider. See attached.
He went on to say this to my email to him....
Obviously you can pick and choose the reasons and my alternative solutions may not be to your liking. The key thing is trying to get some opposition to these charges.
I also asked for the following info from Westminster City Council using the Freedom of Information facility.
Again hopefully if they are bombarded for information they will have second thoughts and they will also have to reveal the true figures involved in their plan.
Let me know what they tell you.
I asked for the following
"In your flyers advertising the new motorcycle charges you make several statements which I shall be pleased if you would clarify 1,000 extra spaces have been created. - where have these been created and since when?
How much have the improvements cost and how much is expected to be raised in fees?
How many new spaces are planned to be introduced in the next 6 months and where?
If the fees are there to pay for the past improvements why are the charges on going and not for a limited period?
I look forward to receiving the information in due course. "
Any feed back you get would be gratefully received.
Thanks
He'd even organised a ride for last friday that to be honest was very poorly attended but i guess that was cos it was during the day and not very well publicised.
however in principle i agree with what he's doing and i think anyone who is like indd could make the small effort of writting to the money grabbers and lodging your objection to the scheme, after all that what the 6 month "consultation" period of its implementation is for.
i have a lot more info from this guy that i'll happily PM or email to anyone who wants it.
My major objection to this scheme, apart from it being yet another stealth tax on us is that am expected to pay to park where i have been parking fro free up to now...yet they have done nothing to improve that particular bay, so what exactly am i paying for???? And how is it fair?
Discuss...