Bid over double yellow parking
Drivers will be able to park on double yellow lines for 15 minutes under proposals to boost trade in neighbourhood high streets, but face stiffer fines for dangerous parking, it has emerged.
Cable wants 'flexibility' over double yellow lines
Business Secretary Vince Cable has backed a proposal to allow drivers to park on double yellow lines for 15 minutes, saying it could benefit small businesses.
"I've got a lot of sympathy with what (Communities and Local Government Secretary) Eric Pickles is trying to do," Cable told Channel 5 News.
"I think a lot of small businesses are driven to distraction by over-zealous enforcement of parking rules, so I think a little bit of common sense and flexibility is very much to be welcomed."
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