PARKING: Pavements are for people

In Tarring Road, there is an hour's parking restriction.

Pre-NCP days, this used to be treated by local businesses as all day parking.

Since NCP took over, there are now spaces for shoppers to park.

The same can be said for many areas.

However, one area that the council and NCP need to address is "pavement parking".

I enclose a few photos of two problem areas, Heene Road and the junction with Tarring Road.

Click on the View Gallery link to see larger version of Mr Sabatino's photographs, or click on the small images to change the thumbnail

It seems like this is quite normal and pedestrians often have to use the road.

I spoke to a parking attendant about cars blocking the pavement and his reply was, "Can't do anything, we are on street parking and it is a police matter."

Perhaps this is why the mayor's driver parked on the pavement?

The police don't do anything.

I've seen them driving past/walking past scenes like this.

I thought pavements were for people.

Can the council/police/NCP do anything about this?

Cones would help; permanent ballards would return these areas to the people.

The other area is South Street, Tarring. Most of the drivers of these vehicles use the laundrette and will be there for at least an hour.

Emilio Sabatino

Worthing

Editor's note: Interestingly, parking attendants can only take action about pavement parkers if there is a yellow line or parking restriction on the road next to the pavement.

If there is no parking restriction in place, then the pavement parking becomes a police matter.

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