Preparing the city for Civil Parking Enforcement
Posted on Wednesday 19th December 2018
Cabinet member Cllr Roger Jeavons and Paul Jones, head of City Services, chat to contractor Matt Stanton of Allmarque PMS LTD, trading as Roman Roadmarking of Newport
A programme of work has been taking place in recent months to ensure Newport City Council is ready to take on Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) next year.
A formal application for the transferral of parking enforcement powers to the council was made to the Welsh Government In September 2018.
It follows confirmation of Gwent Police’s intention to withdraw from parking enforcement and the council’s decision in January to apply for civil enforcement powers within the city.
With the legislative process likely to take up to six months, combined with the creation of the new service within the council, the council will begin civil parking enforcement on July 1, 2019.
Up until 30 June, 2019 enforcement of traffic regulations still resides with Gwent Police.
In the meantime work on reinstating faded double yellow lines, limited waiting and traffic enforcement regulation signs has been going on across the city.
So far Bettws and Caerleon wards have been worked on with the roll out continuing until June next year ready for CPE to operate from July 1.
Councillor Roger Jeavons, the council’s cabinet member for Streetscene said: “With the police withdrawing from enforcement, and continuing dissatisfaction being expressed by residents and businesses across the city regarding the rising levels of illegal parking, the introduction of civil parking enforcement is widely welcomed across the city.
“We have officers working behind the scenes reviewing traffic orders and checking all the regulations are watertight in readiness for us taking charge.
“Under these new powers, the council will deploy 12 enforcement officers to work across the city with authority to issue penalty charge notices for parking contraventions.”
The council, as part of local authority collaboration across Gwent, will be looking to work with Rhondda Cynon Taff who will be involved in the back office work such as collecting the fines and dealing with appeals.