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Councillor telling porkies - but which one?

As we know, the normal traffic restrictions on Stavely and Hartington Roads were suspended over the Xmas/New Year period, 27 Dec to 02 Jan.However, LBH carried on issuing fines as normal, due to what was described as an "operator error".This was reported on the front page on 06 January:http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conroad379b.htmThis report included the following:Conservative Councillor for Chiswick Homefields, Jack Emsley, wrote to the council’s traffic department to ask for clarification, and has confirmed that all fines issued during the Christmas period will be cancelled.He said, “I’m pleased that we have been able to secure the cancellation of these fines, but the fact is that they should never have been issued in the first place...(More here: http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conroad379b.htm )This was repeated in the Hounslow Herald of 06 Jan, with the same verbatim quotation from Cllr. Emsley:https://hounslowherald.com/chiswick-councillors-help-secure-cancellation-of-christmas-pcns-p20369-95.htmHowever, in the Hounslow Herald the following week (13 Jan), the Reader Comments page included a letter from Cllr. Katherine Dunne, LBH Cabinet Member for Climate, Environment and Transport Strategy, claiming:"This is not true. All erroneously issued PCN's were cancelled by the traffic team on 3rd January before any councillors, including myself were aware of it." So which is it? Cllr. Emsley improperly claiming credit, or Cllr. Dunne covering up?

Richard Cathcart ● 437d9 Comments