Congratulations to local residents of the Mawbey Brough Estate for getting car club bays up and running. Following support from local Lib Dem Councillors, staff at the council and at Lambeth Living agreed to negotiate with Streetcar and estate residents to have 3 vehicles based on the estate and they should be available very soon.
The parking bays are outside Herbert Morrison primary school and behind the Medirex Pharmacy, on the side access road near to the junction of Hartington Road and Wilcox Road.
They have also helped to raise awareness of car clubs by holding an event last week jointly with ECHO action, a project funded by the European Union which is aimed at reducing the carbon emissions of households.
Car clubs mean you don't have the hassle and expense of running a car yourself, and you can hire them by the hour. They can also help alleviate pressure on parking spaces.
Generally, Lambeth has been pushing for bays to be installed on streets, but this is the first in Lambeth we have heard of so far that is on an estate.
Congratulations to all involved for setting this up.
1 comments:
Ahh, great news - you've made me very happy! There were not enough car club vehicles in the area (with most of them around a ten minute walk away) - and quite often all of the local Streetcar vehicles were fully booked at weekends.
To have another three in such a convenient location is fantastic! Hopefully these ones will also have iPod docks, like the new Streecars in St George Wharf :)
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