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| Attendant blitz sees tickets soar | Attendant blitz sees tickets soar |
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| The number of parking tickets being issued has increased 153% since enforcement responsibility changed. | The number of parking tickets being issued has increased 153% since enforcement responsibility changed. |
| Responsibility for on-street parking moved to the Department of Regional Development, which awarded the contract to private company NCP. | |
| Figures obtained by the BBC's Nolan Show showed on one day the new traffic attendants issued 544 tickets. | Figures obtained by the BBC's Nolan Show showed on one day the new traffic attendants issued 544 tickets. |
| Previously, on a normal day, police traffic wardens normally gave out 215 tickets. | Previously, on a normal day, police traffic wardens normally gave out 215 tickets. |
| Simon Richardson, parking enforcement manager with the DRD said people should park legally. | Simon Richardson, parking enforcement manager with the DRD said people should park legally. |
| "There is a problem out there, there is a lot of illegal parking - 544 does not surprise me," he said. | "There is a problem out there, there is a lot of illegal parking - 544 does not surprise me," he said. |
| He said they wanted to improve traffic flow and accessibility, which would not happen unless people parked legally. | He said they wanted to improve traffic flow and accessibility, which would not happen unless people parked legally. |
| He said that traffic attendants focussed on illegal parking unlike the previous traffic wardens who also had other duties such as controlling traffic. | He said that traffic attendants focussed on illegal parking unlike the previous traffic wardens who also had other duties such as controlling traffic. |
| NCP have deployed 110 traffic attendants and fines have doubled to £60. | NCP have deployed 110 traffic attendants and fines have doubled to £60. |
| Hand-held computers also let traffic attendants know who is a persistent offender. | Hand-held computers also let traffic attendants know who is a persistent offender. |