Commenting on the report presented to today’s full Council meeting on traffic wardens, Conservative Group Leader Cllr Michael Veitch said:
“The lack of proper consultation by Police Scotland has been truly shocking. I’m greatly concerned about the likely gap between the withdrawal of our remaining traffic wardens by the Police and the Council’s ability to create some sort of replacement, should that be the chosen route. At the very least our remaining two wardens should be given a stay of execution until an alternative can be put in place. Otherwise our town centres could descend into chaos while already fragile high streets could be greatly damaged if there is no one to enforce parking time limits, thereby reducing foot-fall. East Lothian has been very badly let down by Police Scotland – we need answers and need them quickly.”