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Closed petition Make parking on pavements a criminal offence, and fund preventative measures
The Government should make parking on pavements a criminal offence, and also provide funding to local authorities to install physical barriers between roads and pavements to make this impossible.
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Too many motorists inconsiderately park on pavements, causing obstructions to pedestrians and people that use wheelchairs or mobility scooters.
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Government responds to petition about pavement parking
The Government has responded to a public (paper) petition about parking on pavements. The petition was presented to the House of Commons by Afzal Khan MP on behalf of councillors representing wards in the Manchester Gorton constituency.
The petition asks the House of Commons to urge the Government to respond to the consultation 'Pavement parking: options for change' and begin the process of implementing a default ban on pavement parking across England.
In response to the petition's request, the Government states that it recognises the importance of this issue to all pedestrians, and says it received over 15,000 detailed responses to the consultation, and that every single response has been analysed and the Government has been giving careful consideration to the findings.
The Government also said that it is working through options and possible legislative opportunities for delivering them, and that, in the meantime, local authorities have the powers to restrict pavement parking wherever there is a need, by introducing traffic regulation orders.
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