18th June 2008
By Ellie Hargreaves
COUNCILLORS in Kirkby Lonsdale have questioned the legality of parking tickets dished out in the town.
The query - along with pleas for unlawful fines to be refunded - was raised following news that Sheffield City Council had agreed to give several motorists their money back.
Councillor Roger Taylor told a meeting of Kirkby Lonsdale Town Council tonight (Wednesday) that a number of yellow lines in the town were broken or unfinished and that parking attendants were breaking rules by handing out tickets.
Chairman Alan Day told the meeting: “One of the traffic wardens told me he couldn’t do his job because some of the lines are not right.”
“Are they not robbing people?” asked Coun Taylor. “They should be refunding that money
