A clampdown on anti-social parking outside schools has taken place in Denbighshire.
As
part of Road Safety Week (November 18 to 24), Council officers carried out spot
checks at schools and spoke to a number of motorists about road safety.
Police
Community Support Officers and Civil Enforcement Officers also attended schools
to deter parents from parking on zig zags and double yellow lines.
Emlyn
Jones, Denbighshire County Council’s Head of Planning and Public Protection
Services, said: “I’d like to thank all the pupils, teachers and parents who
engaged with Road Safety Week in Denbighshire. The campaign to raise
awareness was a success and helped spread the message that anti-social driving
and parking around the county’s schools puts children’s lives in danger.
“We
will continue to work with schools and urge parents to observe the Highway Code
and facilitate the safeguarding of children. The message is simple, parking on
pavements and zig zags forces children to walk on roads which are busy and
congested during these hours.”
The
Council held its Park Safe Walk Safe competition to promote safe parking and
driving around schools in the county with Ifan Micallef from Ysgol Bro Dyfrdwy,
Cynwyd, winning a 50 Halfords voucher for his design.
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