{"id":21652,"date":"2018-12-10T17:28:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T17:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=21652"},"modified":"2018-12-10T17:28:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T17:28:27","slug":"blocked-drains-are-making-roads-extremely-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/blocked-drains-are-making-roads-extremely-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"Blocked drains are making roads &#039;extremely dangerous&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>People living in Canton and Pontcanna are concerned about the safety of their roads after blocked drains have started to cause flooding in the area.<\/strong><!--more--><br \/>\nThe drains, mostly blocked by leaves, are particularly bad at this time of year and residents say that the constant flooding has made the roads dangerous.<br \/>\nNatalie Jones, resident and cyclist says the flooding is causing huge problems for her. She relies on her bike for work and \u00a0says that cars can &#8220;rocket through puddles with such force you can come off the bike.<br \/>\n&#8220;Or you have to signal and try and go around them and sometimes that in itself is dangerous, if it&#8217;s on a narrow road or a corner.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21727 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7670-e1544460987958.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21727 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7670-e1544460987958.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nLocal councillor for Canton, Stephen Cunnah, says &#8220;the council does have an obligation to clear any blocked drains and any flooding which is hazardous to public highways should be treated as a matter of emergency and will be cleared if reported by residents&#8221;.<br \/>\nMiss Jones says in some areas of Cardiff, particularly Cathedral Road, the council has resorted to cutting down trees after continuous complaints about leaves.<br \/>\nBut she says this is not the solution and changes should come from the community instead of the council. She says she understands that people are angry but says, &#8220;we have so many amazing communities in Canton and Pontcanna and it might be worth us trying to do something about it instead of just moaning to the council.&#8221;<br \/>\nIn a statement, Cardiff Council said the roads are already swept regularly.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People living in Canton and Pontcanna are concerned about the safety of their roads after blocked drains have started to cause flooding in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":243,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,6,18,96],"tags":[293,294,295,296,21,297,298,299,300],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-21652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-slider-story","category-transport","tag-leaves","tag-active-travel","tag-blocked","tag-canton","tag-cardiff","tag-cyclists","tag-drains","tag-pontcanna","tag-roads"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blocked drains are making roads &#039;extremely dangerous&#039; 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