Local councillor Chris White has criticised the District Council for dragging its feet over commuter parking in Clarence Park.

Chris said: ‘We have know for some time that a local business is abusing this facility and telling its visitors to use the Park. We also know that railway commuters are using it.

‘This is stopping local people using the Park for the purposes it was designed for.’

He added: ‘To add insult to injury a brand new set of notices has been installed advertising a set of parking rules which clearly don’t work.

‘And the recent meeting for the council’s own Car Parking Working party – which is supposed to look after these things – failed to include anything about it on the agenda despite the fact that I had long since raised this on behalf of local residents.’

He concluded: ‘As usual the portfolio holder for parking is totally out of touch with what is going in in St Albans’.