Parking costs to soar... again
The cost of parking is to leap once again for the borough's car owners - just one year after Labour Lambeth ramped up charges by as much as 230 per cent.
Under the proposals residents' parking permits will cost between £200 and £300 a year for many residents. Local Conservative councillors have describe the hike as "highway robbery".
Now it has emerged the Lambeth plans to punish drivers even more in its bid to cut pollution, with drivers in the highest two tariff bands set to be hit hardest. But Labour's definition of "gas guzzlers" is flawed and hits many average family vehicles.
Cllr John Whelan, Conservative Group Leader, said: "This is highway robbery disguised as a green initiative. The council wants us to give up our cars and ride around on bicycles like in China. While I support green initiatives, this is nothing more than a stealth tax on residents to rake in cash for the council's coffers.
"People with modest family cars will be hit without driving a yard - not just the drivers of gas guzzlers. The council does not seem to understand that it is not practical for an average family to give up their car and ferry their kids around in a rickshaw."
Under the proposals residents' parking permits will cost between £200 and £300 a year for many residents. Local Conservative councillors have describe the hike as "highway robbery".
Now it has emerged the Lambeth plans to punish drivers even more in its bid to cut pollution, with drivers in the highest two tariff bands set to be hit hardest. But Labour's definition of "gas guzzlers" is flawed and hits many average family vehicles.
Cllr John Whelan, Conservative Group Leader, said: "This is highway robbery disguised as a green initiative. The council wants us to give up our cars and ride around on bicycles like in China. While I support green initiatives, this is nothing more than a stealth tax on residents to rake in cash for the council's coffers.
"People with modest family cars will be hit without driving a yard - not just the drivers of gas guzzlers. The council does not seem to understand that it is not practical for an average family to give up their car and ferry their kids around in a rickshaw."
posted by Cllr John Whelan on 13:18
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