Councillor Robert Donald, Chair of the Audit Committee, commented:

“Parking in our District is a difficult enough business for residents at the best of times.  But when the Council has agreed to fix a specific local problem and nothing happens, affected residents understandably get very frustrated and annoyed.

“In my view, the parking team has been under resourced for some time which is reflected in a number of the issues that have emerged.  We now know, for example, that the painting of the necessary yellow lines and erecting of waiting restriction signs has been largely delayed due to not obtaining Traffic Regulation Orders.

“We expect that the actions agreed by our Committee will ensure that situation is reversed, particularly that Traffic Regulation Orders are implemented far more quickly in future. We will be reviewing progress in another report to check they are.”