Legion launches MECCS system
Published: 10 September, 2007
Legion Parking Services has launched its new Managed Enforcement Controlled Charging Service (MECCS).
The service is designed to assist retail parks and other commercial premises experiencing problems with unauthorised parking.
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council is the first local authority in the country to trial the GPRS technology-based system, which has been designed by Legion.Parking in the eight council-owned car parks in Prescot and Kirkby is free for up to three hours for the benefit of shoppers, but motorists frequently over-stay, sometimes parking for the whole day. While the majority of fines are paid, lack of hard evidence has meant that, previously, some could not be enforced through the courts.
Armed with the new handheld unit, Legion's parking attendants patrol the car parks, inputting vehicle registration numbers and highlighting any that are in contravention of the parking regulations. Used in conjunction with a digital camera, the combined data offers Legion a powerful weight of evidence to prove the misuse of the parking facilities.
