Cllr Barbara Matthews, Hacton:

GOOD NEWS – BAD NEWS!!

Good News - Residents of London can celebrate as  Boris has ceased production of the overly expensive and crass publication The Londoner, thereby increasing savings.

Bad News - Residents of Havering cannot celebrate, as LBH has increased production of the overly expensive and crass Living in Havering, thereby increasing costs

Oh well, you win some and you lose some!!!

AG, Romford:

A DARTFORD TOLL MYTH

I read in the Yellow Advertiser (13.8.08) that the D of T spokesman referred to research that showed that “if the toll was taken away, traffic congestion would worsen at the crossing”.

What research is he referring to?

The comment beggar's belief and whoever did the research either has a vested interest in retaining the toll or has no conception of the word congestion.

Congestion does not occur simply because the volume of traffic increases, it occurs because there is a restriction or obstruction. When was the flow of traffic allowed to pass unimpeded, occasioned by the removal of all of the toll booths, to enable this hypothesis to be validated? The tollbooths currently provide the restriction to the free flow of traffic, which dispensed with would ease congestion dramatically.

The D o T spokesman really needs to acquaint himself with queuing theory before making such a crass statement.

Simple economics also dictates that whether the toll is 10p or £10 that drivers will not wish to incur huge additional fuel costs by finding an alternative route to the Dartford Crossing.

 I feel that the motorist, as usual, is being stitched up once again.

BT, Upminster:

ILLEGAL PARKING – ONE RULE FOR ONE…….

A few mornings ago, I saw a female enforcement officer issuing a parking penalty ticket to an illegally parked BT van, on a yellow line in Springfield Gardens, Upminster. I noted that the enforcement officer's vehicle was also illegally parked on the same yellow line some fifteen yards away. I asked her if she was going to put a penalty ticket on her own vehicle. Her aggressive response was that she was allowed to park illegally whilst issuing a penalty ticket. I pointed out to her that Hoppy Hall Car Park was only just across the road. She said that she had been round the block twice but not found a parking place and that if she went to the car park the offending van might have gone away. I asked her who had said she could park illegally and she replied: "The council ". Now I know of no law that would authorise any council to permit a breach of the law, even to enforce the law. Perhaps the council could explain which statute empowers them to authorize breaches of the law by their employees. Perhaps their enforcement officers should work on foot after parking legally. They would certainly see more offences.

E&S Smith, Harold Wood:

NO TO ‘LIVING’ IT UP

Most people pay their council tax reluctantly but dutifully for essential services. They do not want frills and compulsory subscriptions for magazines which mostly end up in the bin unread. We feel that twice a year would be quite sufficient as the Council is unlikely to publicise its shortcomings. Personally, we would rather not receive it at all.

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