Talking to my mate who lost his council seat he says Cuff will be replaced as Chair of the Transport Committee on DCC by another Green he warns that Cuff was pushing for the College Gate and OTHER pedestrianisations but didnt have the numbers on the council but now the Greens hold the balance of Power and will be courted by FF and FG as whoever partners with them gets a boost in the General Election he also says they are dangerous as none of them have ever been elected before and might think they can just change everything at once .He says there is a plan by DCC to restrict motors from parts of the City at certain times except deliveries and introduce Congestion charges but he doubts congestion charges will happen in the lifetime of this council .He did say the Greens wanted a ban on street parking for non residents inside the Canal corridor .This might work for us as shoppers who dont want to pay to use a car park might use a bus ,tram,or taxi .On Carbon tax he recons 3c on a liter of Petrol and 4c on a liter of Diesel in the next budget and the biggie Cuff was pushing was retro fitting insulation of houses .He warns that the reason for banning on stret parking is to create more cycling space and we must look after our rank space especially now with apps there is no real reason for on street ranks .
