Brockton council recently eliminated parking on the north side of Scott Street from Victoria to McNab Streets, to address safety concerns of residents finding it difficult to exit their driveways.

"The parking situation... on both sides of the street has gone from being bad, to being hazardous," one letter to council from a Scott Street resident said.

"In the name of safety... it's pretty crazy to have parking on both sides. It's a speedway, a very fast road. It's dangerous," Mayor Charlie Bagnato said.

Another letter from a Scott Street resident submitted to council said that traffic was regularly reduced to one lane because of vehicles parked on both sides.

But some area business owners and their staff aren't pleased about the parking cutbacks, as they are prohibited from parking all day on the main street, because of a two-hour parking limit which forces them to... read more

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