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Good to see parking on our pavements again

After all the outlay on pavemnts on south ealing road.  I am saddened at how many people use them to park on.  This was this afternoon.http://imgur.com/6oRushttp://imgur.com/Uh127

Antony Gibson ● 5084d16 Comments

I've emailed Sainsbury's so will let you know what they say.

James Rogers ● 5015d

James,It would be good if you could go inside the store, ask for the manager and tell him that it is unacceptable.

Phil Taylor ● 5015d

They were parked outside Sainsbury's local, Ealing Common today.

James Rogers ● 5015d

If it is a parking offence for this Loomis van to be on the pavement then the council has plenty of evidence now to issue a penalty ticket. Nothing like real costs will help persuade the company to change their behaviour.

Jerry Foulkes ● 5015d

No problem sir.I put the photo on Flickr and then used the 'embed' HTML code from there.

Nigel Brooks ● 5016d

Hi Nigel,Can I ask please how you managed to embed a photo in your posting pls as I cannot!!

Bud Richards ● 5016d

Thanks again Phil. It's all the more annoying because the parking bays were virtually empty.

Nigel Brooks ● 5017d

Nigel,Have just talked to Sahel Akhtar at the Loomis dispatch office in Wembley and he said he would talk to the crew.  It is no good having the Loomis staff "safe" if they endanger the public in the process and smash up our expensive new pavements.  Grrr.

Phil Taylor ● 5017d

On (and largely blocking) the pavement again today outside Sainsbury's on Boston Parade at 1:20pm.Sadly, didn't have my phone or I would have snapped them.

Nigel Brooks ● 5017d

Thanks Phil.

Nigel Brooks ● 5073d

Lou Cummings of Loomis just told me that he would talk to the crews.  He confirmed that they are not entitled to be on the pavement.

Phil Taylor ● 5073d

Thanks Phil.I know that the security van drivers do a difficult job but would a 20 foot walk make any difference?Parked where they were they had 'boxed themselves in' and were probably more vulnerable.

Nigel Brooks ● 5073d

Nigel,I am literally talking to the Loomis team at Wembley who cover our area now. 

Phil Taylor ● 5073d

I can't seem to get the image to disply directly here, so, here's an alternative link.

Nigel Brooks ● 5073d

Another example in Northfields ward (Boston Parade).Really annoying as all bar one of the legal parking spaces were empty.[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/nigelbrookslondon/7364782366/][img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8021/7364782366_f5e70e9af4.jpg[/img][/url][url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/nigelbrookslondon/7364782366/]IMG00903-20120612-0812[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/nigelbrookslondon/]nigelbrooks[/url], on Flickr

Nigel Brooks ● 5073d

Anthony,Thanks for pointing this out.  The local councillors in Northfield ward have been active in chasing people off our pavements.  They are for walking on.  There is no excuse for using the pavements in this way.    For the record - it is an offence to park on any pavement in London which is not specifically lined and signed for pavement parking.

Phil Taylor ● 5084d