Official! Hendon Brent St more expensive than St Johns Wood High Street

Shocking realisation that its cheaper in Westminster

by Mr M Chaim

Written on 12/Dec/2011

Its a long, dark, cold winter, especially in Hendon. A quick drive to the local shops will now set you back £2 for 1 hour parking and payment by the time consuming Pay By Phone system. I thought all of London was like this but its not. Hendon is now more expensive than St Johns Wood High Street who charge £1.30 for the same amount of time.

Are you kidding me??? This is madness. A madness which has been rammed through the local Tory controlled council by some of the councillors. 

We know the council needs money but surely not to charge more than Westminster.

We all know that the country needs money but taking even more from the already struggling car owners is going too far. £55 for a 50% reduced parking ticket now. Traffic Wardens everywhere. If parking was the issue you would have a 15/30/60 min grace period free whilst you pop into the shops like in Radlett. This is about money and taking it from those who need it most. 

A quick google brings up numerous articles on the now infamous Tory Councillor Brian Coleman such as this one below which talks about how he has aboolished the pay and display parking and pushed up prices. 

Brian Coleman abolishes pay and display

When I next go to the poles, I will ask myself the following questions:

1. Have things got better or worse

2. To what extent was this because of the local politicians.