A FINE mess for residents

Older people 'living in fear' say they are wrongly and repeatedly punished in new school initiative

- By LIAM THORP ECHO Political Editor

PENSIONERS living in a residential Liverpool street are 'hiding out at Tesco, scared to return to their homes and waking up in the night worrying about being fined by Liverpool City Council.

A number of older people living close to Much Woolton Primary School have told the ECHO they are being wrongly and repeatedly fined because of a new council initiative using traffic cameras to stop dangerous parking outside the school.

The School Streets scheme brings in restrictions on driving into certain areas at certain times based around when children are coming in and out of school.

One such scheme was launched last year in Watergate Lane in Woolton - covering the area between Woodrock Road and Watergate Way from Priorsfield Road. This area was chosen after repeated concerns were raised about dangerous parking by parents.