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Liz Owen said she had long been calling for civil parking enforcement, where local councils manage and enforce parking violations, moving them from a criminal to a civil matter. She uses a wheelchair and had problems moving around St Neots, where she lives. During a walkabout with the BBC Politics East, she encountered a car blocking a dropped kerb and several vehicles parked on pavements. She was forced to move into the road. Ms Owen was not surprised by the number of fines issued. "Hopefully, as word gets out, it may go down - if people are obeying [the restrictions]." In the first month, Huntingdonshire District Council said it issued 696 on-street PCNs. This was in addition to 218 off-street penalty notices.
