How good are people at parking? We want your views.
Telford & Wrekin Council wants to know what you think of inconsiderate and illegal parking in the borough, what the problems are and where.
Currently West Mercia Police has the power to enforce illegal parking but they often don’t have the resources to do so.
The Council wants to take over this role, known as Civil Parking Enforcement for both parking on roads, pavements and in council owned car parks.
To do that, it must apply to the Department for Transport for those powers `to be transferred from the police to the Council. As part of that application, the Council must prepare a business case and it’s asking residents, workers, visitors and businesses in the borough for their thoughts.
An online consultation survey will go live on Monday 17 September for four weeks, ending on Sunday 15 October. The survey will be available here www.telford.gov.uk/parkingenforcement
Cllr Richard Overton, Telford & Wrekin Council’s Cabinet Member for Enforcement, said: “We know how illegal and inconsiderate parking causes problems for residents and businesses and we understand the frustrations that it isn’t being policed.
“That’s why the Council wants to take over this role and we would like to hear from as many people as possible about experiences, what the issues are and where the hotspots are.
“The survey asks a variety of questions, from parking around schools and on pavements to disabled parking bays and the potential for permits for businesses who need to make deliveries in our main towns so please take part in the survey and let us have your thoughts.
“I want to reassure residents that we are not taking on these powers to make money by issuing lots of fines, it’s very much about tackling the minority of inconsiderate drivers who park illegally and in doing so present risks to other drivers and pedestrians. I also want to reassure residents that council owned car parks that are currently free to use will remain so.”
Assuming the Council’s application passes the necessary legal hurdles and is approved by the Department for Transport, Civil Parking Enforcement could go live in Telford and Wrekin around the autumn of 2019.
