Sponsored by
Residents urged to report poor parkers near hospital
car call: Coun Welsh
Residents living close to the Royal Preston Hospital are being urged to report drivers parking illegally or inconsiderately under a new scheme.
Community leaders said a drive to reduce the parking problems close to the hospital was beginning to prove a success.
Restrictions have been put in place on many streets.
And past operations have seen plain clothed police officers deployed to the area to catch rogue parkers.
Now, councillors are urging any residents who see bad parking to fill in a form on the county council’s website which will then be passed to police.
County Coun Michael Welsh, who represents Preston North East, said: “These reports will be collated and shared with the police as a basis for taking action either by the parking service where the issue involves waiting restrictions, or the police in cases of access only or obstruction.
“Given the limits of available resources there is unlikely to be an instant response but, where a clear pattern of systematic abuse appears, action will be taken. This represents a real step forward and I am most grateful to the officers concerned.”
The form is available online at www.lancashire.gov.uk/parking. There is then a link allowing problems to be reported.
Email to a friend
Print this page
Looking for...
Featured advertisers
Jobs
Search for a job
Motors
Search for a car
Property
Search for a house
Weather for Preston
Wednesday 23 May 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 11 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: North west
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 14 C to 19 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North west
Comments
There are 2 comments to this article
Page 1 of 1
Woodsmann
Monday, February 13, 2012 at 12:19 AMrgw1: Very true. After all we can't have the kind of riff raff who use the NHS parking their unsightly vehicles all over genteel Fulwood can we?
rgw1
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 02:11 PMWhy give the residents any say in the matter? Most of them objected to the multi-storey car park designed to alleviate this problem so, in my opinion (for what it's worth) they brought this mess on themselves! Build the car park and sod them!
Page 1 of 1
Your view
Please sign in to be able to comment on this story.