Parts of Oxfordshire will see car parking enforcement changes this year in a bid to create safer roads and help traffic flow more freely.

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Here's a rundown of what's changing:

Where

South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse and Cherwell

When

From November

What is changing?

Oxfordshire County Council will be responsibile for civil parking enforcement in these areas.

Parking offences, which include overstaying in pay and display bays, double-parking, parking in disabled bays without a blue badge and on yellow lines, will be enforced by a contractor on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council.

There will be extra on-street 'pay and display' car parking spaces in the three districts.

Why is this happening?

Councillor Tim Bearder, Oxfordshire County Council's cabinet member for highways management, says residents in these affected districts are suffering from motorists who park with 'near impunity'.

It's hoped the changes will create safer roads and help traffic flow more freely.

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