Parking Enforcement

MEDIA RELEASE 10 November 2021

Since August, Council’s Rangers have taken an educative approach to parking enforcement, issuing cautions for many offences rather than Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs).

Director Environmental, Planning and Building Services Neil Southorn said Council had taken this approach to enforcement to support the local businesses and the community during the difficult period over the last few months.

“The focus of enforcement activities was on issues that represented a genuine safety risk such as parking in no stopping zones or in bus zones near schools and use of disabled parking space without authorisation that have received PINs,” he said.

Council Rangers will begin to escalate enforcement practice to ensure fair and equitable access to parking for all members of the community in the lead up to the Christmas shopping period. This will include restrictions in school zones, bus zones, no parking areas and time restrictions in the carparks.

For more information visit www.bathurst.nsw.gov.au

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