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Big Brother is watching in Croydon’s NHS hospital car parks
Big Brother is watching you in the car parks at Croydon’s NHS hospitals, and you could land in big bother if you don’t pay using their new computerised system. The NHS Trust responsible for Mayday and Purley hospitals is introducing … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Mayday Hospital, Parking, Purley, Purley Hospital, Transport
Tagged ANPR, Automatic Number PLate Recognition, Croydon, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, Croydon University Hospital, Mayday Hospital, Purley, Purley Hospital, Purley War Memorial Hospital
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Contractor repaid £3.25m to council over school streets failure
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After the council bought number-plate recognition cameras that did not work, it managed to get a refund – after losing an estimated £16m income. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Failures in Croydon Council’s procurement processes … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Steve Iles
Tagged ANPR, Automatic Number PLate Recognition, car parking, Conduent Public Sector UK Ltd, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Healthy School Streets, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, PCN, Penalty Charge Notices, school streets, Steve Iles, Tory, Trellint
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Council’s urgent move to exit flawed £5m traffic camera deal
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Officials look to cancel supply contract with American-owned tech firm after discovering they could not provide parking enforcement cameras required Croydon Council has moved to cancel a contract for ANPR cameras – Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras … Continue reading
Council’s healthy school streets have no ANPR protections
CROYDON IN CRISIS: More than 20 ‘Healthy School Streets’ introduced in 2023 have never had any enforcement CCTV cameras installed because the council purchased equipment that does not work in Britain. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Another omnishambles of procurement at … Continue reading
Who’s for the chop? Mayor left ‘frustrated’ by axed trees
Thick Lizzy Truss is not the only Tory carrying out U-turns – Croydon’s part-time Mayor has done a hand-brake turn over traffic reduction measures, reports our motoring correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON As if Croydon’s bungling of the implementation of Low Traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, Schools, Steve Iles, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe, ANPR, Broad Green, Broad Green LTN, Croydon Healthy Neighbourhoods, Crystal Palace, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, school streets, Scott Roche, South Norwood, Upper Norwood
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Tribunal ruling gives green light for council’s road fines policy
The decision of a traffic adjudicator last week, upholding fines against a motorist for driving into a Low Traffic Neighbourhood, could clear the way for cameras that might generate £3m per year for the cash-strapped council. STEVEN DOWNES reports A … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Chris Buss, Croydon Council, West Croydon
Tagged ANPR, Chris Buss, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Parsons Mead, Shakeel Yousaf, West Croydon
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