CCTV cameras to be installed outside three more schools in bid to end selfish (and dangerous) parking

                                              

Cllr Shepherd: 'Dangerous parking outside schools has to stop'

THREE more schools across North East Lincolnshire are set to host CCTV cameras outside their premises following the continued success of a scheme aimed at tackling illegal stopping and dangerous parking.

They are:

* Stanford Junior & Infants School in Laceby

* Scartho Infants School

* Waltham Leas Primary Academy

All are set to have CCTV cameras installed near the school gates to monitor parking and stopping during peak times.

Cameras were previously rolled out to Signhills Academy in Cleethorpes in September last year, with further cameras being installed outside Old Clee Primary School in Grimsby. 

Since then, two more schools have received cameras - Queen Mary Infant and Nursery School in Cleethorpes and Welhome Academy in Grimsby.

The cameras detect parking contraventions on the keep-clear markings that have been painted on the carriageway to deter dangerous parking and thereby reduce accidents.

For the first two-weeks after the cameras are installed, those stopping illegally will receive a warning letter.

Thereafter, drivers caught stopping on the yellow zig zag lines will receive a £70 Penalty Charge Notice in the post, discounted to £35 if paid within 14 days.

Says Cllr Ron Shepherd, portfolio holder for safer and stronger communities in North East Lincolnshire: "These are long-overdue measures and should help to tackle some of the issues we experience in these areas. 

"In Waltham and Scartho in particular, I know that there are major issues with cars stopping illegally and parking dangerously in the vicinity of the schools, blocking other vehicles and making the area unsafe for children walking to and from school.

"We have seen some encouraging results at the other sites, so I’m hoping that we’ll see similar here. I want to work with schools and parents to make the spaces outside our schools safe for children.

"The solution, quite simply, is to either allow your child to walk to and from school if that’s appropriate, or to find a suitable parking space when dropping off your child.

"Instead, what we’re seeing quite a lot outside our schools is parents stopping the car right outside the gates, in areas that aren’t suitable for parking, and parents getting out and walking their child to the gates, temporarily abandoning their vehicles. 

"It has to stop and I’m optimistic that this is the solution."

"The cameras will be installed ahead of the start of the new school term next month."