HAYLE PARKING ON PAVEMENTS

The issues of people parking cars and vans on pavements throughout Hayle has come up at Hayle Town council meetings more than once in recent times, and now a ‘mini campaign’ has started on the council’s Facebook page about people parking on the pavement in front of Hayle War Memorial, especially at this time marking the 100^th anniversary of the start of the First World War, and the 70^th anniversary of D Day. People complained it was “a disgrace”.

These issues mainly occur in the evenings and for some reason the pavement “build outs” around junctions along the main road in Hayle and the pavement in front of the War Memorial are attractive to people thoughtlessly parking on pavements.

Pavements are for people, pedestrians, for their safety and convenience.

These matters have been reported to local police, in person and via the Town Clerk’s office, but the Police Community Support Officers who patrol the town do not have the power to issue fixed penalty tickets, the Traffic Wardens were taken from the control of local police and passed to Cornwall Council, so Hayle no longer has a dedicated Traffic Warden and the Cornwall Council wardens are seldom seen in Hayle, (and never in the evenings?).

Hayle Town Council pay for the upkeep of our War Memorial, but no one seems to know who actually OWNS it and the Town Clerk’s team are looking into it. We are fairly sure the pavement in front of it is ordinary pavement the same as anywhere else, and bollards to prevent parking have been suggested.

It seems that the parking issues at the War Memorial may coincide with certain local groups having functions or practice sessions at the nearby Passmore Edwards Institute, if so “You know who you are – please stop parking on the pavement by the War Memorial”

The local police are aware and fixed penalty tickets might be issued if the pavements are being obstructed.