A COUNCILLOR has spoken about the parking issues regularly encountered in a Furness town.

Councillor Dave Taylor, of Westmorland and Furness, said the big problem with parking in Dalton is the 'lack of it' coupled with households having two or more cars.

"Dalton is also the Ancient capital of Furness," he explained.

"The town planners 1,000 years ago would have had no idea that the horse and cart would be replaced by modern vehicles.

"When the new bypass was built it was decided that the width of the pavements be made wider - this also affected parking on the main street with the loss of valuable spaces."

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Cllr Taylor explained that residents are parking their petrol and diesel vehicles at EV charging points on Lime Street and Nelson Street public car parks.

"The EV charging points take up additional spaces with fines given to residents who park in them," he said.

"This has caused a lot of unneeded grief for residents in these areas who do not have a garage and live on these streets."

The bus stop on Station Road is also a major 'hot spot' with buses having trouble pulling into the bay to let passengers on and off, said Cllr Taylor.

The disabled bays are often occupied by works wagons parking in them 'to eat their dinner', he claimed.

"We have looked at trying to solve this issue in many ways," said Mr Taylor.

"If it was possible for Westmorland and Furness to purchase the land for sale that was Brocklebanks and create a car park on it that would help alleviate some of the problems also the land behind the Leisure centre which is council owned could also make a good parking area. One other area is the wasteland next to Dalton Railway station.

"If we had some of the prosperity funds to solve the money problem that would be a way forward into solving one of the ancient capitals' biggest issues."