{"id":1863,"date":"2014-02-18T16:01:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T16:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2014-02-18T16:01:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T16:01:34","slug":"park-gating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/18\/park-gating\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff&#039;s largest parks could remain unlocked overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SAM_0378.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1865\" alt=\"SAM_0378\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SAM_0378-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1865\" alt=\"SAM_0378\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SAM_0378-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nCARDIFF Council is proposing to stop locking some of the city\u2019s largest parks at night as they look to cut \u00a350million from the spending budget.<br \/>\nThe council has historically operated a park locking system which included the locking of 18 parks across the system. Some parks included in the scheme are Roath Park, Bute Park and Llandaff fields.<br \/>\nIf the proposed plans were to go ahead then the current number of parks locked each night would be reduced to just five. Bute Park, Victoria Park, Parc Cefn Onn, Roath Park (including Pleasure Gardens) and Thompson&#8217;s Park would remain under the park\u00a0locking scheme.<br \/>\nThe council claim in their budget proposal outlines that a scheme of reduced park locking was trialled in 2013, where eight parks were taken out of the locking system.<br \/>\nIt is also claimed in their proposals that the trial which was implemented last year had no adverse effects.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1867\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SAM_0377.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1867 \" alt=\"SAM_0377\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SAM_0377-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1867 \" alt=\"SAM_0377\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SAM_0377-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Grange Garden is one of the parks that will no longer be locked at night<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cI don\u2019t like the idea at all.\u201d said Christine Davies of Grangetown Community Concern.\u00a0 \u201cPeople will just call the police more.\u00a0 I don\u2019t see any benefit because people will congregate there.<br \/>\n\u201cYoungsters have already climbed over the gates and caused trouble. It\u2019ll be even worse at night if the gates aren\u2019t locked.\u201d<br \/>\nGrangetown resident, Mona Esa, said the move will \u201cgive people an area to stay at night. At the moment, there\u2019s more trouble down the docks. No one comes to Grangetown to cause trouble because there\u2019s nowhere for the to stay.<br \/>\n\u201cHaving parks open at night will attract people and cause problems for the neighbours.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF Council is proposing to stop locking some of the city\u2019s largest parks at night as they look to cut \u00a350million from the spending budget. The council has historically operated a park locking system which included the locking of 18 parks across the system. Some parks included in the scheme are Roath Park, Bute Park and Llandaff fields. 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