Police put parking investigation on hold

The Police have put the investigation on hold until the Council can come up with a water tight excuse for illegally taking money off motorists for parking in illegal bays in and around the Town Centre. Superintendant Durkin from Bolton central told me that the Council were using Chapter 5 of the Traffic Signs Manual to back up their reason for laying down illegal bays, The Traffic Signs Manual reinforces my allegation that the Bays are illegal and nothing in the TS Manual overrides the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002.
On Thursday through Mr Paul Winnard a spokesman for the council, I gave the Council until Midnight on Monday 5th November to Cease enforcement of all on street parking bays where a penalty charge notice can be issued and to issue restitution to all motorists who were given a Penalty Charge Notice in those bays, I can say that no communication has been received from the Council.
I must now ask Bolton Police to carry out a full criminal investigation of the Illegal Hybrid Parking Bays in Bolton.

The following was taken from Saturdays Bolton News

POLICE have put an investigation into claims parking bays across Bolton are illegal on hold.
Leading officers agreed to look into the allegations after they were contacted by campaigner Barry Moss.
Mr Moss, aged 61, of Daisy Hill, says he has yet to find an on-street bay in Bolton where the white markings comply with regulations.
He claims some bays are the wrong length, while in others individual parking spaces have not been marked out and the gap between split white lines alongside the bays is the wrong size.
Mr Moss says the council is guilty of misfeasance - wilful misconduct by a public officer.
But police have put their investigation on hold while the council seeks legal advice.
Supt Andy Durkin said: "The council do not accept at face value what Mr Moss is saying and are seeking legal advice.
"Until such time that advice is clear I am not going to add a third dimension to the situation."
Mr Moss said he accepted Supt Durkin's decision.
But added that the council must now suspend enforcement across all parking spaces, make them legal and then repay more than £6 million in fines.
The council this week suspended enforcement on two parking bays with space for 18 cars in Le Mans Crescent and Victoria Square North.
It admitted they had been repainted to the wrong length.

By removing these lines, could the Council be accused of Tampering with Evidence, however I have photographs of the bays before they were changed.

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