This title has an ambiguous meaning; not only does it follow the 'green' party theme of my recent post which discusses fox hunting, but also the natural green of the land.
Through a birds eye view, when staring out of the windows of an airplane, patches of green and yellow are discovered. A frequent thought is one of "I don't live near any fields of green, I wonder how long until this field become industrialised." This is deemed as 'frequent' as today's Government realises this green is disappearing and want to prevent this issue extending.
Yes, our neighbourhoods are no longer those suburban roads with front gardens as well as back, but the reason is not because people have become nature haters. Rather, the population is steadily booming; rising from 61792000 in August 2009, to 62262200 in August 2010; resulting in bigger drives.
These gravelled drives can be prevented by the use of parking bays in the road, however, a problem arises with this solution. Parking bays are no longer free in the borough of Barnet between 11 o'clock and 12. This causes the problem for residents and their visitors to ensure that all their cars are off the road during this period. It of course does help if residents have a permit, yet that is costly; soaring from £42 a year for one vehicle, pre March 2011, to £100 a year post March 2011.
Thus, Parliament, if you want to sustain your green neighbourhoods, bring back free parking!
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