{"id":43362,"date":"2020-07-14T21:30:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T20:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=43362"},"modified":"2020-07-14T21:30:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T20:30:29","slug":"business-is-suffering-without-wellfield-road-parking-say-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/07\/14\/business-is-suffering-without-wellfield-road-parking-say-traders\/","title":{"rendered":"Business is suffering without Wellfield Road parking, say traders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Business is suffering without Wellfield Road parking, say traders\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y5TtvO-Rvnk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Business is suffering without Wellfield Road parking, say traders\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y5TtvO-Rvnk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spots were removed to make space for social distancing<\/h4>\n\n\n<p>WELLFIELD Road traders say business is \u201creally suffering\u201d after parking spots were removed to make space for social distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Still, they have raised \u00a3800 to replace two trees after they were vandalised.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Wellfield Road has been lined first with cones, then with trees, since the end of June.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The pavement scheme has expanded the road\u2019s pavements to help people social distance &#8211; but it means shoppers can\u2019t park on the street.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Jaymin Patel, owner of 7 Clothing, a men\u2019s clothing shop, said the shop had lost over half of its footfall.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI haven&#8217;t got a measure of if it&#8217;s because of COVID or if it&#8217;s because of the parking search, but what I can say is: footfall is definitely down in our store,\u201d said Mr Patel.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;d say it&#8217;s more than half down. More than 50 percent.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The store has been on Wellfield Road for 15 years and Mr Patel says its location, outside of the city centre and with easy parking, is key to its success.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>But when the scheme came in, he says that traders were taken by surprise without consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>According to Cardiff Council, the plans were an urgent measure to help businesses reopen safely, but the next phase of the scheme isn\u2019t agreed yet.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>But businesses worry they won\u2019t survive losing so many customers.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey told us it&#8217;s so people can stop and hide behind them while somebody else walks past and it makes the area look a little bit nicer, which I agree with,\u201d said Mr Patel.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey do look nice, but ultimately, the tree can look as lovely as it wants at the moment but if shops are going to be boarded up and closed, and it&#8217;s not going to look so nice.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd then it totally beats the objective of what the parking was taken away for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Still, after the trees were vandalised in late June, businesses on the street felt it was important to do something about it.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mr Patel said:\u00a0 \u201cWe literally just went knocking the doors of all the businesses and said: \u2018look, these trees have been broken.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don&#8217;t really agree with it. We don&#8217;t want to use even more of taxpayers\u2019 money to get these replaced.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhy don&#8217;t we we show that we actually do care about our road, and put some money in ourselves?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cEveryone paid 20, 20 pounds each apart from Jamie at\u00a0 quality carpets he actually donated for one whole tree. I think it was 370 pounds himself.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The traders raised nearly \u00a3800 and are still fundraising.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>They estimate this will replace two trees.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>They are still awaiting changes to the parking, which they say are urgently needed.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don&#8217;t want to be standing around in the shop with nobody coming in,\u201d said Mr Patel.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a pointless task, rather than have customers coming in and spending.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe want to see people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>A spokesman for Cardiff Council said: \u201cThe council has always said it would engage with business and local councillors in the area to agree next steps and that\u2019s what we are doing.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn fact, regular meetings have been set up so that we can understand business concerns and react accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile parking has been suspended on either side of the road to enable social distancing for pedestrians, arrangements have been made for customers to park on nearby streets by providing limited short stay spaces that can now enable more regular turnover of spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spots were removed to make space for social distancing WELLFIELD Road traders say business is \u201creally suffering\u201d after parking spots were removed to make space for social distancing. 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