More than 500 drivers slapped with £70 fines for parking illegally at Dovestone Reservoir
hereFrom June 6, double yellow lines were marked along both sides of A635 Holmfirth Road, with anyone parking illegally on the stretch facing a hefty £70 fine.There are already existing central double white lines on the road, which means people face getting points on their licence and a police fine if they park on them, but this had not proved a deterrent.A meeting of the full council was told that following its introduction, 514 fixed penalty notices had been issued for drivers parking illegally on Holmfirth Road, the main car park, and the surrounding roads.Saddleworth North Councillor George Hulme said the council had acted quickly to paint double yellows after a weekend of ‘unacceptable parking behaviour by a minority of visitors’ to