| Residents rejoice as lorries forced to quit overnight stays on residential estate |
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After several collisions caused when motorists driving to and from their homes encountered huge lorries parked like snakes along a quiet residential street, residents are thrilled that after meetings with local police officers at the newly formed and highly successful PACT venues, lorry drivers and their bosses have been sent letters warning that fines will be imposed if the parking persists, as their vehicles are not illuminated at night - hence the collision rate.
Cllr Sarah Bevan with happy residents!
Cllr Sarah Bevan, who raised the problem with the police said:
"This is a wonderful result for us! After canvassing residents' views and hearing their accounts of the various early morning collisions outside their properties involving the lorries, we spent 10 days or so collecting registration numbers from the vehicles causing problems and I passed them on to one of our Police Community Support Officers. We are very lucky that when I do raise problems with our police team, who take this kind of low level crime very seriously, we can achieve a pleasant living and working environment for our village together."
These lorries were the subject of so many complaints and the cause of so many collisions over the past months that although in the grand scheme of things this is not on a level with drug or assault offences, the quality of life for residents was plummeting due to a few persistent drivers using Orchard Way as a dumping ground."
Adi Davis, an officer working with the Community Safety Action group, praised the efforts of the local councillor, residents and new PACT initiative and said he would be looking for further ways in which these groups can work together in the future.
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