News from Tony Arbour: "Smooth roads not car park charges"

Tony Arbour, Richmond and Kingston's GLA Member has called on the Royal Parks Agency to concentrate on repairing Richmond Park’s roads rather than attempting to turn its car parks into revenue-raising machines.

Mr Arbour’s comments come as users of the Park complained that since the snow and ice has cleared, its roads have broken up leaving the aggregate loose with the tar underneath being kicked up onto people, cars and bicycles.

Tony said:

“Much of Richmond Park’s perimeter road is in a terrible state. The new aggregate used to resurface the road during the summer has dislodged and is now lying in the road. This has left patches of exposed tar that is being flicked up by passing cars and bikes getting only bodywork, clothes and skin, which is proving very difficult to clean off.

“I call on the Parks agency to deal with this serious problem as a matter of urgency instead of focusing on imposing car parking charges on Park visitors

“Richmond Park is treasured by many thousands of my constituents, people from all across London and further afield who visit it all year round, it needs to be maintained at the high standards its visitors expect.”

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