Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Traffic Warden Alert

Word on the street is that two traffic wardens hit town today and that one of them dished out £215 of tickets in the first hour. 'Not before time,' says our correspondent.

Update: one of the Gurn staff was wondering if the parking Blitzkreig gadges got this one?

Update: Inspector Macleod told the Ward Forum last night (Weds) that the traffic wardens had come to Nairn as a result of three separate complaints. The police had hoped that the situation would police itself but that hadn't happened. The Inspector was hopeful that it now would however.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wish to be associated with the sentiments of your correspendent.

Park where you should, when you should & you'll have no issues with the men in uniforms.

Anonymous said...

Any idea what they had for breakfast?

Anonymous said...

In 100% agreement. The pavement on Leopold St is for pedestrians, not 4x4 and people carrier owners.

Anonymous said...

Yes let's have some more tickets please

dr-grigor said...

a resident of Nairn who parked outside his house where he has parked for the last ten years and also displays a disability badge ,was given a ticket for failing to display a residents parking permit,when he didnt even realise he needed one!

Graisg said...

No inside info, no friendly warnings, just a blitz now and then from the big city.
A new day has dawned.

park'n'write said...

Yes indeed "...a blitz now and then from the big city.A new day has dawned.".

The days of free parking in and around the town centre are numbered. Once the town centre site is sold off to a developer by the Council, it won't be long before pay-parking there is introduced. Once that happens the High Street will have to become pay-and-display or meters.

And nothing will drive (ha, ha) shoppers more quickly away from the High Street shops and into Sainsburys' (free) parking at Balmakeith. A mini-version of what has happened in Inverness and a hundred other towns across the country.

Local town planners are still, sadly, making the same mistakes already made elsewhere, rather than learning from them how to do things differently.

Graisg said...

One big piece of town centre parking is not owned by the council anyway. The area between the A96 and the library comes with the library. The library is rented and the car park comes simply on a grace and favour basis.
This has emerged from the debate generated by the NICE people.
How long the grace and favour graces and favours us is anyones guess.

Spurtle said...

Folks might have noticed John Swinney's intention to charge large , out of town supermarkets higher rates.

There lies the solution to parking in towns like Nairn - leave the town centre parking free, and tax the out of town shops ie Sainsburys , to fund it.


Regarding the traffic wardens, as has been said earlier, simply following the instructons displayed on the parking signs will prevent any problems with getting a ticket.

You'll never know when they'll be back in town, so, before you park inconsiderately ,ask yourself " Do I feel lucky?" :)

Anonymous said...

Would Pay and Display in the town centre be such a bad thing ? There are dozens of people who park their cars on the High St and surrounding car parks 24/7, if they were moved on by new charges (or even just a 3 hour limit, for example) this would free up space for shoppers and other short stay users.

Graisg said...

But what about residents that live down the closes and above some of the shops - a lot of them have no parking spaces with their properties and as Scottish Government guidlines allow new developments without the old 1.5 spaces per residence, we will see more people in the town centre perhaps. Witness the application for Rosebank Church and Lodgehill? One day the old Highland Hotel might come back to life as well but potential residents will need to find somewhere to park.
Why should all these folk have to pay what would in effect be an extra tax on town centre living?

Anonymous said...

Traffic warden? Power trip with a habbit of dressing up more like. bring back sandy

Graisg said...

The traffic warden only has a seasonal post, she'll be paid off at the end of the month and then it'll be bring back nobody unless perhaps there's the occasional flying visit from Inverness and a quick flurry of tickets?