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Issue: 37
Bognor Regis Post ISSN 2397-8724
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Friday, January 13, 2017
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Parking is banned at schools
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PARKING enforcers are set to patrol school gates around Bognor Regis. Civic parking enforcement officers will start the kerbside routine in the next month to ensure new laws which ban drivers from stopping on the Keep School Clear markings are obeyed. THe new Traffic Regulation Order makes it an offence to stop a vehicle anywhere on the yellow zig zag markings outside the entrances to schools.
some schools and not others. "It is chaotic outside schools every morning and afternoon. Parking outside them is a big problem. It is very inconsiderate of the parents concerned to do that. Children who cross outside their schools have their vision obstructed by those cars. "I know from the schools in my ward that teachers who try to tackle it can have problems from aggressive drivers."
It has been brought in to ensure children are as safe as possible on their way to and from lessons. Motorists who are caught flouting the ban will be issued with a penalty charge notice. THe penalties are set at £70 or £50. Felpham's county councillor, Graham Jones, said: "THis is good news all round. "THe county council wants to make sure that it is enforceable to stop parking outside schools. Up to now, it is outside
THe intended restriction will prohibit any vehicle stopping on School Keep Clear markings between 8am-5pm at the following Bognor Regis area schools: Bartons Primary School (Lethaby Road), Bersted Green Primary School (Laburnum Grove), Bishop Tufnell Junior School and Bishop Tufnell Infant School (Pennyfields), Edward Bryant Primary School (London Road), Felpham Turn to page five
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