It’s emerged just a quarter of councils in Scotland are enforcing pavement parking bans, something a councillor in Dundee has described as “pretty disappointing”.

The Scotsman newspaper quotes Transport Scotland figures showing only eight of Scotland’s 32 local authorities have started enforcement since the legislation came into force last December.

Drivers can now also be fined for double parking, and parking across dropped kerbs at crossings.

The City of Edinburgh Council told The Scotsman it had issued more than 4,750 fines since it became the first council to start enforcement at the end of January. Among others, Dundee, which started two weeks later, has handed out some 2,500 fines and Angus Council more than 1,000.

Transport Scotland said Aberdeen City, Highland, Midlothian, North Ayrshire and Stirling councils had also started enforcement.

John Berry, parking and sustainable transport team leader at Dundee City Council, is quoted as saying: “I wanted us to be absolutely ready to use the new powers from the get go.”

(File picture – Scottish Greens)