New campervan and motorhome ban kicks in TODAY in tourist hotspot crackdown – rule-breakers risk having vehicle towed
It comes after months of complaints from residents about l
1
A new campervan and motorhome ban has kicked in today in a tourist hotspot crackdown and rule-breakers risk having their vehicle towed away
Credit: STEVE ALLEN
The details of the ban.
Motorhomes and
The council has introduced an experimental Traffic Regulation Order for Undercliff Road East in a bid to create car-only parking bays along both sides of the road.
This will effectively
Council members said that larger vehicles were "damaging the footways and limiting opportunities for residents and visitors to access the beachfront easily."
Motorhomes
The experimental order will be assessed throughout the summer period to determine its effectiveness and may be adjusted before it becomes permanent.
The new arrangements
The council have stated that the new arrangements include dedicated parking bays for disabled badge holders with a three-hour time limit "to ensure they can be used by all those who need them."
Designated motorcycle parking bays will also be introduced and double yellow lines will be painted on junctions to
The cars-only parking spaces will have no time limit, enabling longer stays for
Most read in Motors
To help drivers get used to the changes, parking on a section of Undercliff Road East has been temporarily restricted between June 30 and July 18, with the council warning that vehicles parked during this period may be towed away reports
Alternative parking for larger vehicles will be available at Manor Terrace, Garrison Lane and
Golf
Road.
I travelled Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way in vantastic motorhome
Where overnight parking will be permitted for a maximum of three days with
no return
within seven days.
Signage and larger bays will be introduced at these alternative locations to
The improvement works resulted from a collaboration between
Suffolk
Highways, East Suffolk Council and Felixstowe Town Council to address safety concerns.
The reason behind the ban
Felixstowe's popularity among the
However, residents have been urging the council to introduce parking restrictions, with some complaining that campervans were parked on the road for months at a time.
The council explained
Councillor Seamus Bennett explained that
He said: "Dozens of very large vehicles park for days or weeks and effectively turn this stretch of seafront road into a free campsite, which it was never meant or equipped to be."
Councillor Tim Wilson added: "Undercliff Road East is unsuitable for the high volume of large vehicles which visit during the
summer
months, and these layout changes will encourage these vehicles, including
Councillor Paul West, Suffolk County Council Cabinet member for Operational Highways and Flooding said: "The campervans have been offered an alternative parking solution."
He explained that the experimental order aims to find "a lasting solution for the residents of the town".
pubs
.
And some suggested a 24-hour time limit might better balance competing needs.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Guardian
12 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Canadian police seize largest ever weapons cache in terrorism inquiry
Police in Canada have arrested and charged four people, including active military members, who they allege were 'planning to create anti-government militia' and to 'forcibly take possession of land' in the province of Quebec. The scope of material uncovered by police, including explosives and assault rifles, marks the largest weapons cache ever seized as part of terrorism investigation. On Tuesday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police charged Marc-Aurèle Chabot, 24, of Quebec City, Simon Angers-Audet, 24, of Neuville, and Raphaël Lagacé, 25, of Quebec City, alleging the group took actions to facilitate terrorist activity. 'The three accused were planning to create anti-government militia. To achieve this, they took part in military-style training, as well as shooting, ambush, survival and navigation exercises. They also conducted a scouting operation,' the RCMP said in a statement. A fourth individual, Matthew Forbes, 33, of Pont-Rouge, has been charged with possession of firearms, prohibited devices and explosives. The four have not yet entered pleas. The RCMP said they conducted searches in January 2024 in the province of Quebec, where they discovered 16 explosive devices, 83 firearms, 11,000 rounds of ammunition and other military equipment – 18 months before the arrests were made. Police said the investigation was led by Quebec's RCMP-led Integrated National Security Enforcement Team squad, with help from local police. Other than describing the men as wanting to create an 'anti-government militia', investigators have not described the motivating ideology and nor did they reveal what the men were alleged to have identified as a target in their attempt to 'forcibly take possession of land in the Québec City area'. The RCMP also released images of handguns, assault rifles, vests and ammunition seized by officers. 'This is the largest cache of equipment and weapons and explosive devices that have ever been found in a terrorist incident, by a long shot, in Canada,' said Jessica Davis, a former intelligence analyst at Canada's spy agency and the president of Insight Threat Intelligence, a consultancy. 'I would probably put it in one of the top caches of disrupted plots around the world, particularly in Nato countries. It's huge and we don't know what they were planning on doing with that – but that was a lot of military equipment and devices.' The RCMP also posted images of an accused's social media profile that included images 'with the aim of recruiting new members to the anti-government militia'. Davis said that over the last two decades, most of the terror attacks in Canada have been perpetrated by ideologically motivated violent extremism. 'We're not talking about al-Qaida and Islamic State. We're talking about anti-Muslim, 'Incel' or anti-government extremists. And I think that's one of those things that Canadians don't necessarily understand. The Islamic State makes the news, but it's really this other type of terrorism that's the real problem in this country.' The four men were due to appear in a Quebec court on Tuesday. None of the charges have been tested in court.
The Verge
12 minutes ago
- The Verge
The MyPillow guy's lawyers got fined for using false AI-generated citations.
Posted Jul 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM UTC The MyPillow guy's lawyers got fined for using false AI-generated citations. The attorneys defending MyPillow founder Mike Lindell in a defamation case (which he lost) were ordered to pay $3,000 each for putting AI-generated misquotes and 'citations of cases that do not exist' in a brief submitted in February, as reported by ArsTechnica. More and more lawyers are getting caught — and punished — for including AI hallucinations in their work, and this trend will likely only continue to grow.
Times
12 minutes ago
- Times
Johnny Vegas' Little Shop of Antiques review — a northern Clarkson's Farm
Act now to keep your subscription We've tried to contact you several times as we haven't been able to take payment. You must update your payment details via My Account or by clicking update payment details to keep your subscription.
