The new Labour Administration in Reading has declared its intent to drop the plans for penalising thoughtless motorists who park on grass verges and pavements.

Here in Tilehurst we are fortunate to have miles of grass verges but many of them have been ruined by  people parking their cars on top of them. Look down Mayfair, Park Lane, The Meadway or Corwen Road and you will see what we are losing. The once nice green verges have been turned into mud patches. We will continue to allow our verges to be lost to people who park cars on them rather than in the road.

I don’t know about you but I would rather keep our grass verges green and cars on the road.