The City of Casey’s Local Laws Officers will be undertaking their third truck parking blitz within three months in response to resident concerns.
The blitz will focus on people who may be breaching the Road Safety Road Rules 2017 and Casey Community Local Law 2018, specifically trucks and residential parking, including trucks parked in driveways and ensuring that drivers have a current parking permit.
Parking heavy and over-length vehicles in residential areas is a significant problem within the municipality and poses several issues including the impact on neighbourhood amenity, creating noise issues for adjoining properties, safety risks associated with poor visibility and potential damage to underground infrastructure.
City of Casey Mayor Cr Geoff Ablett said that despite undertaking two prior patrols in the past few months residents continue to contact Council about trucks parking illegally in residential areas.
“Our officers have a duty to undertake patrols such as this one to ensure the safety of all our residents,” said the Mayor.
“We are responding directly to complaints received from concerned residents who have been impacted by these vehicles directly in their streets.
“As with our previous two patrols we hope to again find a high level of compliance”.
Officers will be monitoring site line issues, unsightly issues and safety issues including the lack of reflectors at night, and the narrowing of roads. They will also clamp down on noise issues relating to trucks starting their engines prior to 7am in residential areas.
For more information on the Local Laws or Road Safety Road Rules 2017 visit www.casey.vic.gov.au/locallaws or www.roads.vic.gov.au.
