• IT’S true that there have been approximately 3,000 controlled parking zone (CPZ) traffic orders in Islington in 2015-18, (More parking spaces, more fumes, October 5).

However, this doesn’t mean thousands more car parking bays have been added to Islington’s roads during this time.

Most of these CPZ traffic orders relate to changes to existing parking bays, or changes in proposed enforcement times. Unfortunately, we cannot work out the exact number of car spaces in 2015-2018 without working through every CPZ traffic order, and checking which bays have been added or revoked, which would take days of staff time to complete.

However, we can say that thousands of new parking bays have not been added in this time. I hope this clarification is helpful.

NICOLINA COOPER
Head of traffic and parking service, Islington Council