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.
High street in danger of 'dying off' due to parking
A source close to the Eric Pickles has said that over-aggressive parking enforcement is endangering the high street, according to The Daily Telegraph, after the Communities Secretary proposed that drivers could park on double yellow line for 15 minutes.
The source told the newspaper:
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