Dumfries and Galloway Council is set to take a light touch to enforcing a ban on pavement parking.
Local authorities across Scotland have the power to dish out fines of up to £100 to drivers who park on a pavement after enforcement begins.
However, the council isn’t going to be penalising motorists just yet.
A spokesman said: “While the ban is in place across the whole of Scotland, it is for individual local authorities to plan and implement an appropriate enforcement regime.
“Dumfries and Galloway Council’s initial approach will be educating our communities on the changes in legislation.”
The Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 saw a ban on pavement and double parking introduced.
And at the end of 2023, new regulations gave council the right to fine drivers who breached the rules.
In Dumfries and Galloway, it is still the responsibility of the police to issue parking tickets – but the council agreed in April last year to go ahead with decriminalised parking enforcement (DPE).
Parking wardens are set to return to the region’s streets once Transport Scotland approves the application.
The spokesman added: “The Dumfries and Galloway Regional Parking Strategy and action plan was approved at the council’s communities committee on April 2, 2024. This included our approach to decriminalised parking enforcement (DPE) and pavement parking.