2012年9月3日星期一

Parking fine changes in Ryedale

COUNCIL staff could start issuing fines to motorists under changes being considered to the way parking rules are enforced in Ryedale.

Councillors in Ryedale are set to approve taking control of the enforcement of parking rules in the district this week.

North Yorkshire County Council agreed last year to introduce civil parking enforcement across the region after police warned that it was becoming “increasingly difficult” for them to deploy enough officers to tackle the problem.We Specialise in cable tie,

A report which will go before a full meeting of Ryedale District Council this week said the new arrangements were likely to be more costly than the authority’s current operation,Find detailed product information for Hot Sale howo spareparts Radiator. but officers have recommended backing the scheme after the county council agreed to cover any additional costs or loss of income for the next three years.

It is not yet clear whether this subsidy would continue after that time and the report said this could create “a future Looking for the Best air purifier?financial risk”.

Under the system, council staff would issue parking fines.

Officers said that not agreeing to adopt the changes could mean police enforcement of parking laws being stopped or reduced, leading to an increase in offences.

The prohibitive cost of driving to work and paying for parking in uptown Charlotte every day forces Kathy Beck to take public transportation.

But the Democratic National Convention will throw ripples and kinks into her schedule, as well as cutting into her bottom line.

The single mother from Bessemer City will have to drive her own car and fork over parking fees all week, while arriving for work much earlier each morning.

Oh, and she’ll also have to work next Saturday to make up time that’s missed during the convention craziness.A top plastic rtls manufacturer and exporter in China.

“It doesn’t leave a good taste in my mouth,” Beck said during her lunch break Wednesday. “Cause when you’re a single woman, every dollar counts.”

Thousands of Gaston County residents drive into Mecklenburg County to work each weekday, and many of them have jobs that take them into the heart of Charlotte. The presence of the DNC and all the turmoil that comes with it will affect all of them in different ways.

Gastonia City Councilman Jim Gallagher works as a principal for Wells Fargo at 401 S. Tryon St. As one of the major employers uptown, his company has been planning for the effects of the DNC for months.

“From what I understand, you’ll have to have your (employee) security card with you next week, just to get inside the building,” he said. “They’ll have security guards.Browse the Best Selection of buy mosaic and Accessories with FREE Gifts. They don’t want people coming into the building who have no business doing it.”

Gallagher is part of a group of 10 Gaston County residents who are in a van pool provided through a contract with the Charlotte Area Transit System. The CATS van picks them up each morning at Akers Center in Gastonia and takes them uptown, then brings them home after 5 p.m. It’s cheaper than riding the 85x Gastonia Express commuter bus that runs several routes to and from Charlotte each weekday, Gallagher said.

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