Do we need a Traffic Warden?
January 22nd, 2010 | 
Author: One of our readers raises the following issue:
I feel the matter of the non-replacement of the traffic warden when he retires should be open for discussion.
Who made this decision?
On what basis was this decision made?
With the new hospital about to open and the thoroughfare via Cawdor Street / Road being very restricted I feel now more than ever we need a new traffic warden.
I have nothing against Sandy he is a really nice fellow but has he ever given out a ticket?
There is always someone double parked in the High Street, Lodge Hill Road is like a national car park.
All schools in Nairn suffer from people parking on the yellow lines and no one seems to care.
If the decision to do away with the position of the parking warden was based on the amount of tickets given out by the current parking warden then there needs to be a rethink.
We need a traffic warden – a real traffic warden one who implements the law and we need one now.
Allen
Of course Nairn needs a full time traffic warden and also one that fulfils the job description.
The double parking on the High St (especially by taxis) causes considerable inconvenience to say nothing of vans and small lorries (from a local building firm) parked all day in the loading bay spaces on The Brae.
There are not any signs (or any legislation) stipulating that taxis and commercial vehicles are exempt from parking, loading and unloading activities so why is it allowed ?
It is bad enough at the moment driving on the roads in and around the town centre dodging all the potholes and raised ironworks without having to play dodgems in the High St.
Nairn needs a full time traffic warden and also one that enforces the rules and regulations. I did hear a rumour that the Nairn traffic warden was instructed not to give out tickets to tourists (and there may be a good case for that) but they never seem to be the main culprits anyway. It is inconsiderate local people that are too lazy to use the car parks provided and they double park and use the loading bays instead.
This so called sharing with Inverness (joke !) is yet another erosion of the provision of public services affecting Nairn. We all know the current financial and economic situation is not the best at present but Nairn seems to be an easy target for all cost cutting at the moment.
I agree we do need a traffic warden my drive opens out into lodge hill road and there is many a time I can’t get out for all the mindless people who park opposite my drive