Residents of Grammar School Road South - that's the top section nearest Wrawby Street - came to this week's Neighbourhood Policing Panel Public Meeting in the Angel Suite to again complain about uncaring motorists parking vehicles on the footpath near their homes.
Their comments were addressed to Insp Brett Rutty and Pete Scott, head of safer roads at North Lincolnshire Council.
Many aspects of "policing" minor traffic-related issues have just been taken away from the boys (and girls) in blue by the Government and given to local councils.
However, having been presented with pictures of badly-parked vehicles by the residents, Insp Rutty gave a legal definition of obstruction which he suggested might apply in such cases.
Perhaps the police (through its PCSOs) and the council (through its new wardens) will be taking a look in the coming weeks - or it's a safe bet the Grammar School Road South folk will be back again voicing the same protests at the next Panel meeting in July.
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The NLC Civil Enforcement Parking Officers can only take action against motorists for civil parking offences - ie over-staying the time limit; parking with a wheel on the kerb; wrongly parking in a disabled bay and etc. For civil parking offences, a driver does not get penalty points on licence.
The police retain the duty to take action against moving traffic offences; road tax/insurance offences and obstruction. These are still regarded as criminal offences.
Parking within a school's zig-zag zone, parking on the pavement could be regarded as obstruction. Similarly illegal parking and driving in Brigg's pedestrian zone can be regarded as criminal offences - hence the police's monitoring of the zone and schools' zig-zags.
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