Pavement Parking

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 1:41 pm on 22 January 2020.

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Photo of Lee Waters Lee Waters Labour 1:41, 22 January 2020

I thank David Melding for that. As well as commending Living Streets for their research, I would have hoped that he would have commended the Welsh Government for taking action in this area. We are working closely with Living Streets. As I say, he's highlighted some of the complexities that are involved in introducing a ban, and we are going to work through those. Because the current legislation available is a complex mix of criminal and civil sanctions.

So, it will take time to decide what is the best option to proceed with this for Wales, but I hope to keep Members informed over the coming months and provide some briefings about how exactly we intend to do that. But as I say, we need to see this as part of the broader suite of measures we have, alongside 20 mph speed limits, to start bringing about modal shift and addressing the dominance the car has in our society, but that'll only work if we give people alternatives as well.