Nicky Costin, Road Network, Parking and Marina Business Manager
Minutes:
Nicky Costin gave residents some information on proposals to base residential car parking charges on Co2 emissions outlining the potential costs for different models of car.
Residents questioned whether the proposals would have a disproportionate effect on people on lower incomes they pointed out that Richmond Upon Thames had abandoned the scheme as it had no effect on changing vehicle use. The charges were seen by some as a form of raising tax and income for the council.
Councillors asked officers what they would do to ensure that the proposals did not impact disproportionally on those on lower incomes who could not easily change their cars. Councillors were also concerned about the consultation and advised officers to consult more widely than the community councils and requested that the consultation be made available online.
Nicky explained that this was a consultation which would inform the cabinet member on whether to consider introducing charges based on Co2 emissions and that no decision had been made and that he would feed comments on the level of consultation back to the cabinet member.