Anita Stockley
Office Receptionist - Administrator
West One Infrastructure Services
59 Buckingham Gate
London
SW1E 6AJ
Tel: 020 7798 1960
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From: Furness, Elaine [mailto:xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: 20 February 2009 09:33
To: Stockley, Anita
Subject: FW: Official statement from BMF and MAG against Motorcycle
Parking Charges.
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From: BMF & MAG [mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]
Sent: 19 February 2009 18:01
To: Josef (Admin)
Subject: Official statement from BMF and MAG against Motorcycle Parking
Charges.
Dear Westminster Councillors,
Contrary to the inference given by your colleague, Councillor Danny
Chalkley, the British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) and the Motorcycle
Action Group (MAG) have never supported the introduction of motorcycle
parking charges in the City of Westminster. In fact, we have been
opposed to this measure ever since the idea was first mooted to us in
late 2006 during an informal consultation. We were particularly
aggrieved by the fact that we were not given an opportunity to present
our case to the councillors before you made a policy decision on the
issue based on false information. We have now witnessed Councillor
Chalkley, on numerous occasions, stating that both MAG and BMF had been
consulted on this point and thus inferring that we were in tacit
agreement. I think you will find that we are clearly not, as evidenced
by our strong support for the No To Bike Parking Fees Campaign, our
historic campaigns against motorcycle parking charges and this letter.
As a point of interest, had you been correctly informed of the hostility
of our responses to the suggestion of charging for motorcycle parking,
and in particular the fact that there would be no free parking for
motorcycles anywhere within the City of Westminster, you may have been
suitably informed of the public opposition to the scheme. This in turn
may have instructed you to adopt a different course of action. This,
after all, is the point of consultation.
We hope that this letter will totally clarify both MAG and the BMF's
position on paying for motorcycle parking, i.e. we are totally opposed
to paying for motorcycle parking anywhere. Further to this, we are very
much in favour of increasing free, secure motorcycle parking to meet
demand in line with what has been achieved by other local authorities in
similar positions to Westminster City Council.
Yours sincerely,
Cathy Phillpotts
BMF Greater London Regional Chairman and Director of Political and
Technical Services
Gerard Livett
President of the Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations
Former MAG Greater London Regional Representative and Director of
transport planning.
PS. Letter is also attached for print-out.
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