Stopping speeding and selfish local parking – a long term project
Speeding and Selfish Parking practices can, and do, blight the lives of many law abiding residents. Just as Antisocial Behaviour and rowdyism can damage our communities.
Bringing about a real change for the better won’t be easy, but progress can be made if communities, especially through their Parish Councils, keep up the pressure for better local policing and more responsive parking regulation.
As a recent Chairman of the Sussex Police Authority, I am proud of its success in getting the Police Community Service Officers introduced, and of the sensible way PCSO’s are beginning to relate with Parish Councils more and more effectively. We need more of the same, and I will do my best to make sure the current improvements continue.
One priority is making sure that there are enough places for people to park. This has not been easy and there will be more challenges to meet as new regulations are introduced. Another challenge relates to improved bus and rail services. I will keep up the pressure.
Equally, the Sussex Police’s Operation ‘Crackdown’, aimed at cutting speeding – especially in our villages – will get my steady support. It takes time to change habits, but it can and will happen.
