SENT TO THE CEO BOLTON COUNCIL TODAY
Dear Mr Harris'
I have obtained under the FOIA over 600 pages from the DfT regarding Bolton's Councils application for Decriminalised Parking Enforcement from 1999, within the first few pages I found the following:
From Traffic Management & Tolls Division 1
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1991: (PERMITTED PARKING AREA AND SPECIAL PARKING AREA) METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF BOLTON ORDER 2000
Review of Existing parking regulations.
Annex B
Review of existing parking regulation:
2. Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council has undertaken a review of it's existing Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO's) and has confirmed all orders will be revised by the commencement date of August 2000. The Council also proposes to ensure that all parking restrictions will be signed in accordance with the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions.
After checking the signs regarding bays against the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions I can confirm that no such undertaking has been carried out by Bolton Council and the signs are still illegal after DPE commenced in late 2000, 7 years.I have been in touch with the DfT and awaiting information from Mr John Mann Traffic Signs DfT who is interested in why the signs have still not been made legal, which was a requirement for allowing DPE by the DfT in 2000, for 7 years the council have derived unlawful income from thousands of motorists parked in illegal bays.
When are the Council going to issue restitution to all the motorists who have paid out their hard earned income for penalty charges issued on illegal bays that do not conform to statute, especially Ms Joanne Mills who had to pay £384 to the Bailiff because her partner thought the bay he parked in was a Disabled Permit Bay and thought it were also legal. The Illegal bay was the MAYORS BAY.
This email will also be copied to the Bolton News and Ms Joanne Mills
Yours sincerely
Barry Moss
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