PCSO Jim Newns dealt with a large number of illegally and dangerously parked cars in the village during January, particularly on Congleton Road where people were parking vehicles next to solid white lines.
He issued 15 fixed penalty notices and 3 police advisory notices to offending vehicles during the month.
Inspector Sue Mills said "This will continue throughout February so please park responsibly and don't be a statistic.
"School parking has also been problematic as widely publicised with 7 police advisory and 3 fixed penalty notices issued this month.
"These are all issues that are continually reported to us by local residents because they affect the local community. They are issues that we will continue to focus on."
Comments
Here's what readers have had to say so far. Why not add your thoughts below.
Our businesses need it, workers need it.
Safety of villagers and school children need it
Stop pushing the issues from one street to another!!
The double white centre lines are redundant now and should be replaced with a single long dashed white off set line and bays created all the way up and over the hill on the opposite side to where parked cars are now. Lots of legal parking then created.
However going up Congleton Road the lines are solid and therefore you must not cross them, which of course you don't have to.
I drive from Beechfield Road several times a day and have never encountered any problems that I wouldn't find driving through the centre of the village! It all seems a bit of a pet project if you've nothing else going on in your life…
However rule 240 then goes on to say: You MUST NOT stop or park on a road marked with double white lines, even when a broken white line is on your side of the road, except to pick up or set down passengers, or to load or unload goods.
So it doesn't matter which side of the road they are parking on: it's not allowed whether or not the line is solid or broken on that side.
Whether or not the council (or its predecessor councils) should have painted double white lines in urban areas is another matter.
Agree about pushing parking around , solutions at moment seem to be akin getting the last bit of carpet down as it keeps moving.
Whilst Waitrose new store will be good in many ways , though its a pity the co-op is going , but seems it lost its way ; parking is going to become more challenging as people do bigger shops etc.
New car parks are an answer to a point , but each will have its own challenge and debate. Perhaps more radical solutions are required , can we make London Road a mixed area , can we find some way of transporting shopping to people's houses .. EVs maybe , can we imagine a non contentious car park somewhere , basically can we transform the village rather than tinker ... just thoughts after a few weeks travelling