Over 500 Parking Fines Issued Outside Schools

Fines totalling over £35,000 have been handed out as a clampdown on illegal parking outside Leicestershire’s schools continues.

28 schools in the Harborough District are part of the scheme, that sees camera cars patrolling at the start and end of the day.

Drivers caught parking on zig-zag ‘no waiting’ lines are handed £70 fines, with 501 issued in the past year.

All money generated from the initiative, aimed at keeping pupils safe, is ploughed back into funding the patrols.

Councillor Ozzy O’Shea, cabinet member for highways, transportation and flooding, spoke to Hfm:

Councillor Ozzy O’Shea with one of the camera cars