THE letter we have received about the parking situation in Lochgelly makes a very valid point.

There are times of the day that the top end of Bank Street, Main Street and Knockhill Close are indeed chaotic.

And there is no doubt that since the departure of the traffic wardens who were based at Cowdenbeath Police Station things have got worse.

There is no doubt that people just want to get as close as possible to the shop or business they are going to.

How they manage it does not seem to be a problem and the fact that they may be breaking the law is not important.

The likes of the bakers’ shop and pharmacy at the top end of Bank Street are very busy and people are guilty of just leaving the car anywhere near them to get their business done.

Then you have all the other businesses on the Bank Street upslope who are busy, including the Times Office, which means that the set parking spaces are like gold dust most forenoons.

But if Bank Street is difficult then East Main Street is worse.

Inevitably the south side of the street is pretty packed with vehicles most of the working day but it is when the pirate parkers on the north hand start stopping that the real problems begin.

It is a narrow stretch of road at the best of times and that is why there is a yellow line down the north side to stop people parking there but on one day two weeks ago I spotted four cars and a van parked there causing real problems for buses or lorries want to use that stretch.

The days of traffic wardens seem to be over in terms of having the danger for the illegal parkers being caught at any time of a normal day.

The hit team approach will work when they strike but most of the time the illegal parkers have no problems.

So how this can be tackled may be a big question for the members of Cowdenbeath Area Committee.

Experienced support could help

I WROTE a letter last season on the same topic and I feel we are back to the same situation.

Colin Nish was the Cowdenbeath boss last season and struggled in the early part of the season because of operating basically himself without any experienced back-up.

When Jason Dair came in as his assistant it definitely helped and results improved and really the club should have stayed up.

Now we have another young manager who needs experienced support. Jason has left the club and it does not look like he will be replaced and we could suffer.

There is no substitute for experience in the dug out and there are many successful young managers who seek ‘an auld heid’ to help them out.

Mr Fox looks to have some good ideas but unless he gets some experienced back-up this could be a wasted season.

COWDEN FAN,

Ballingry.