Councillors want a red light to be issued for drivers who are causing parking chaos in Huddersfield.

Green Party members Andrew Cooper and Karen Allison said that parking on pavements was blocking access for people with mobility scooters and pushchairs and should be banned.

They met with residents at a care home who had expressed concern. Elderly residents had found cars parked on pavements along narrow roads in the area.

Clr Cooper said that motorists were causing a danger to public safety and that he wants to see new parking permit zones introduced in the area to tackle the issue.

Andrew Cooper said: “Parking around the Lockwood area is a long standing issue which is becoming more acute for local people now the new Kirklees College building has opened nearby.

“We were told when the planning application was submitted for the building that the college had a travel plan and there would not be a problem but now there is.

“It is simply unacceptable that motorists are parking on the pavements to avoid having to pay for spaces closer to the college and are forcing people using mobility scooters and parents with pushchairs onto the roads to get past them.

“My concern is that the safety of residents in Lockwood is being put at risk due to this unacceptable parking.

“What is really needed here is permit parking scheme and enforcement of obstruction by vehicles that park on pavements and when Kirklees Council have established their new parking permits policy we will seek a scheme for the Lockwood area.”

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