Lib Dem Councillor Checks Out The Parking Attendants Who Now Have Cameras (Ealing Borough Liberal Democrats)

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Lib Dem Councillor Checks Out The Parking Attendants Who Now Have Cameras

April 2, 2007 12:45 AM

Lib Dem Councillor Gary Malcolm Checks Out The Parking Attendants Who Have Digital Cameras

Lib Dem Councillor Gary Malcolm Checks Out A Parking Attendants Who Has A Digital Camera

Since the council recently introduced the Lib Dem plan to give all parking attendants cameras, councillor Gary Malcolm spent a morning with a parking attendant to check out whether the new scheme is working.

This idea came from a review of Ealing Council's parking services after the events in Southfield where the Zone B renewal process was botched up, leaving many residents getting ticketed when they had paid for a permit but had not received them.

Cllr Gary Malcolm, Lib Dem Transport spokesperson, said: "Many residents are sick of getting parking tickets from the council when they have done nothing wrong. The Lib Dems persuaded the council to get the parking attendants cameras. When I went around with the parking attendant the new system seems to give more safeguards to residents."

Gary added: "If residents are given a ticket they feel is wrong they can see the photograph and this should reduce the number of incorrect tickets that people are given."