Residents group West Ealing Neighbours (WEN) has said Ealing Council “consistently fail to enforce” illegal parking in the area and wants the council to take strong action against vehicle owners for their parking breaches.
WEN said that it has shown evidence to Ealing Council of cars that have been parked illegally on Broadway and Uxbridge Road but “Ealing Council’s response was very unhelpful. It continues to consistently fail to enforce these car parking regulations.”
The local group added: “The illegal car parking blocks the passage of buses, cyclists and private vehicle drivers. This causes swerving to avoid the cars, delays in vehicular transport and increased pollution with idling engines.”
In February 2024, WEN ran a public meeting at the Drayton Court Hotel in West Ealing attended by 150 residents where local Councillors were asked by residents to get council officers to deal with the illegally parked cars.
Kevin Raftery from WEN said: “We can’t have one law for a few people and a different law for everyone else. I’ve never seen the cycle lane clear during business hours.”
In a statement, an Ealing Council spokesperson said: “Greener Ealing, the council’s wholly owned environmental services team, took over parking enforcement across the borough in April this year. Work is ongoing to ensure that the new enforcement officers know exactly where and when most parking contraventions take place so that penalty charge notices, more commonly known as parking tickets, can be issued quickly to help make the roads and pavements safer.”
The spokesperson added: “Greener Ealing is aware of the concerns about dangerous and illegal parking in West Ealing. Enforcement officers have been closely monitoring the areas and where they have seen parking contraventions they have taken the necessary enforcement action. Be warned car owners parking in this area, West Ealing continues to be an enforcement watch spot!”
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