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.
Double yellow line parking 'must work for businesses'
The high street must work for businesses, the Liberal Democrat transport minister said today, after the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles proposed that drivers could park on double yellow line for 15 minutes.
Norman Baker told The Daily Telegraph: "We are keen to ensure that the high street works for businesses by stopping people parking illegally for hours on end.
"I have been in discussions with other colleagues from government about how we can best take decisions on this forward.
"This is about tackling motorists who are parking illegally, not about raising charges for those who park legally."
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