NEWS BPA NEWS
Grahame Rose, Norman Baker, Nick Lester and Patrick Troy
Transport Minister
Marilyn Waldron, Norman Baker and Nick Lester at the
President’s Reception
Brown gets good reception at Westminster
It was a big day for incoming BPA president Graham Brown as he launched the BPA Master Plan at the President’s Reception, at the House of Commons Terrace Pavilion. After thanking MP
Rosie Winterton for sponsoring the event and paying tribute to his predecessor Richard Hein, Brown said he was delighted to be presiding over the BPA in its 40th year. He pledged that
during his term in office he would support local authority operators, and that events held by the BPA would be aimed at giving members best value for money. Brown also spoke of
the ‘essential’ need for regulation of private parking operators. He said: ‘Te BPA
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has done much in the last three years to implement self- regulation, but government now needs to help with further regulation, especially in respect of setting up an independent appeals service. ‘Tis will allow us to
continue to put the user
Norman Baker praised the work of the parking industry and spoke of the government’s determination to ‘provide a clear framework for parking in both the public and private sector.’ He added: ‘Tere is one area where there are consistent complaints and the coalition government is determined to take action. I refer to the activities of private sector wheelclampers. You should be concerned because it gives parking enforcement a bad name, and it is not in your interest for it to carry on as it does.’ Baker finished by
Presidential team…
BPA President Graham Brown and next year’s President Paul Necus
– the parking public – at the heart of BPA decision-making.’ Te Demelza Hospice
Care for Children, which relies solely on donations to give support to terminally ill children and their families, will be the president’s charity for the coming year.
thanking the industry for street regulation and for their contributions to road safety, reducing congestion and cutting emissions. Te final speaker
was European Parking Association (EPA) president Nick Lester, who highlighted the parallel problems faced by the EPA today and the BPA of yesterday. ‘I was reminded of my
time as BPA president because many of the challenges that I faced at that point – and
which later presidents managed so much successful work on – are similar to the challenges which face the EPA today. By this I mean the challenge of making the association more professional, better value for money and more relevant to the policy context within which it works.’ Lester added that
both the British parking industry and its European counterparts could learn a great deal from each other by sharing experiences. He also suggested a more European-wide solution may be available for some issues. ‘Te majority of
parking issues are local matters, which should be tackled locally, others can only be addressed at a European level. Lester concluded:
‘One of the most important issues, almost everywhere in Europe, is convincing politicians that parking policies are integral to traffic and transport strategies in our cities. If we do not get our parking policies right we cannot expect to be able to tackle either congestion, access or economic development in our cities effectively.’
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