A NEW interactive online map will show motorists the area's traffic regulations for the first time ever.

Consultation will start today (Wednesday, March 29) for five weeks, seeking feedback on Wokingham Borough Council’s new interactive online map showing all of the borough’s parking traffic regulation orders (TROs) in one place.

The borough council has converted more than 300 of the borough’s existing traditional looking text-based TROs into maps and consolidated them into one online source to make it easier and quicker to see and understand parking restrictions in situ, rather than read lengthy written documents.

It also means more efficient parking enforcement.

The new visual resource is part of Wokingham Borough Council’s programme to take over parking control from Thames Valley Police. The council is currently applying to the Department for Transport (DfT) to take on civil parking enforcement (CPE) in autumn this year.

Many local people and businesses already think Wokingham Borough Council has CPE powers and, like the police, support the move.

“With these maps you simply input a postcode and you can instantly see exactly what parking restrictions are where, and how they relate to their environment,” said Cllr Malcolm Richards, executive member for highways and transport.

“It also makes them easy to understand. Please do take a look at them in the consultation and let us know what you think.”

Part of taking on CPE means updating the existing parking lines and signs across the borough to ensure they are clearly understood and legally enforceable, which the borough council has nearly completed.

The consultation is due to finish on May 2.

For questions about CPE or the consultation email the council’s traffic management team: TM.Consultations@wokingham.gov.uk