{"id":15072,"date":"2016-11-22T16:44:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T16:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=15072"},"modified":"2016-11-22T16:44:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T16:44:31","slug":"parents-petition-end-traffic-chaos-outside-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/11\/22\/parents-petition-end-traffic-chaos-outside-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents petition to end traffic chaos outside schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15121\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"pwll-coch5_22-11-16_tl\" width=\"712\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15121\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"pwll-coch5_22-11-16_tl\" width=\"712\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch5_22.11.16_TL-3.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/noscript><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">FRUSTRATED parents are petitioning Cardiff Council to end the \u201ctraffic chaos\u201d outside their children\u2019s primary school after they say they were dismissed by councillors. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some parents at Pwll Coch Primary School in Canton have started a petition that aims to \u201cend traffic chaos\u201d on Lawrenny Avenue where the school is situated. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pwll Coch shares the street with Fitzalan High School and the congestion peaks at the end of the school day when parents come to collect their children, with some parking on zebra crossing lines and roundabouts.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the petition, the level of traffic got worse last year after Fitzalan High School moved the end of its school day to within ten minutes of Pwll Coch.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The petition states: \u201cThis created an extreme level of congestion and competition for limited parking space. The situation at peak times is chaotic and dangerous.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Helen Raynor, 44, of King\u2019s Road, Pontcanna, has two sons at Pwll Coch. She said: \u201cParents are pulling out and driving very fast down to the end of the road to be able to turn off so you are getting cars which are speeding because of the sheer pressure of congestion.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ceri Tegywn, 44, who has a child in year two at Pwll Coch, explained that parents are waiting in their cars within the white zig-zag lines at the zebra crossing between the two schools. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou can see children trying to cross the zebra crossing. If they cannot see the car, the car cannot see them. There are zig-zags. You\u2019re not supposed to park on those,\u201d said Mrs Tegwyn.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15143\" style=\"width: 327px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15143\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Cars parked on the white zig-zag lines outside Pwll Coch primary school.\" width=\"327\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15143\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Cars parked on the white zig-zag lines outside Pwll Coch primary school.\" width=\"327\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch1_22.11.16_TL-1.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/noscript> Cars parked on the white zig-zag lines outside Pwll Coch primary school.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The petition calls for the problem to be addressed urgently for the safety of pupils at both schools and urges Cardiff Council to carry out a consultation.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The police advised Miss Raynor and other parents from Pwll Coch to go to the Canton Ward PACT (Police and Communities Together) meeting to raise the issue, but they say they were told otherwise by Canton councillor Ramesh Patel.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe were advised by the police to go to the PACT meeting. Initially Councillor Patel told us not to come,\u201d said Miss Raynor. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the parents, Coun Patel then told them they could come if they wanted but they wouldn\u2019t be able to vote on any PACT priorities because they weren\u2019t Canton Ward residents (Miss Raynor lives in Riverside ward, although the school is in Canton ward).<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPACT meetings are done ward by ward for a reason. I told them to bring it up at their PACT meeting, \u201d said Coun Patel.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Miss Raynor, Coun Patel and Coun Elsmore (also of Canton Ward) later went to inspect Lawrenny Avenue, but refused her invitation to go further up the street to look at other problems.<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15149\" style=\"width: 379px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15149\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Cars parked on the roundabout at the end of Lawrenny Avenue obstructing a school bus.\" width=\"379\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-15149\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Cars parked on the roundabout at the end of Lawrenny Avenue obstructing a school bus.\" width=\"379\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/11\/Pwll-Coch4_22.11.16_TL-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/noscript> Cars parked on the roundabout at the end of Lawrenny Avenue obstructing a school bus.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coun Patel said: \u201cWhat\u2019s the point in walking down there when we can see? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A lot of the problems which we saw on the day were from Pwll Coch parents who were causing the congestion. There was a small element of Fitzalan parents doing it, but the bulk of it was Pwll Coch parents.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some parents from the primary school are concerned that there may be a conflict of interest as Coun Patel is a governor at Fitzalan High School. He is also Cabinet Member for Transport, Planning &amp; Sustainability.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mrs Tegwyn said: \u201cHe has not been unbiased, he did say that the problem was Pwll Coch parents. He has not prioritised the safety of the children.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coun Patel has denied that there is any conflict of interest and remarked that many of the pupils at the secondary school are of an age when they can walk home.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When The Cardiffian asked Coun Patel about possible solutions to the problem, he suggested an educational programme aimed at parents. He also suggested parents could use the G\u00f4l Football Centre car park at the end of Lawrenny Avenue.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He added that the council would be using its \u2018camera cars\u2019 to catch parents driving dangerously on Lawrenny Avenue.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He said: \u201cThe camera will be able to pick up what\u2019s going on. I have told officers I want the cam car down there. We want to make sure the children coming out of school are safe and if parents are putting children at risk we are going to book them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRUSTRATED parents are petitioning Cardiff Council to end the \u201ctraffic chaos\u201d outside their children\u2019s primary school after they say they were dismissed by councillors. 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Pwll Coch shares the street with Fitzalan High School and the congestion peaks at the end of the school day when parents come to collect their children, with some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":15121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2246,3,209,72,113],"tags":[3970,69,1291,3710,3971,3972,827,3973,1305,161,3828,828,290,3974],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-15072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canton-where-you-live","category-news","category-pontcanna","category-riverside-where-you-live","category-uncategorised","tag-cam-car","tag-canton","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cardiff-local-news","tag-councillor-ramesh-patel","tag-dangerous-driving","tag-fitzalan-high-school","tag-lawrenny-avenue","tag-parking","tag-petition","tag-primary-schools","tag-pwll-coch","tag-schools","tag-traffic-congestion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Parents petition to end traffic chaos outside schools - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/11\/22\/parents-petition-end-traffic-chaos-outside-schools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parents petition to end traffic chaos outside schools - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FRUSTRATED parents are petitioning Cardiff Council to end the \u201ctraffic chaos\u201d outside their children\u2019s primary school after they say they were dismissed by councillors. 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