Ok,I can understand why you think a 44% response rate is simply unrealistic but just consider the following ...What if someone went up and down Swyncombe Road with a petition, asking people to oppose the restrictions being removed?Every single one of those signatures would surely count as resident's objection in the eyes of Hounslow Council, would it not? If you have someone who is active in the street, it doesn't take much imagination to believe that the figure of 130 people opposing might actually be true. Maybe you were right and there was an earlier consultation which only had 17 households supporting restrictions.I wasn't at all keen when a CPZ was introduced into my road some 20? years ago. But if you asked me now whether I'd want it to be removed, I'd certainly object as I can just imagine what the consequences would be.If I'd had thousands of cars driving through my road (which I think we are both prepared to accept might have been the case on Swyncombe Avenue albeit while other traffic measures were in place elsewhere), and someone came around with a petition asking me if I wanted restrictions put in that would ensure this would never ever happen again, I'd sign it, and encourage all my neighbours to.Hey, I'd even go round myself and organise a petition.Do you remember someone (I think it might have been Joanna Biddolph, but I could be wrong) who took it upon themselves to try and stop cars driving down TGT when they closed it to through traffic during the pandemic? Good for her.
Andrew Jones ● 48d