{"id":83399,"date":"2024-02-23T15:44:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T15:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=83399"},"modified":"2024-03-18T14:01:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T14:01:30","slug":"tudor-street-shopkeeper-wants-failed-rain-gardens-paved-over-for-parking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/02\/23\/tudor-street-shopkeeper-wants-failed-rain-gardens-paved-over-for-parking\/","title":{"rendered":"Tudor Street shopkeeper wants &#8216;failed rain gardens&#8217; paved over for parking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A \u00a35 million facelift saw environmentally-friendly flowerbeds built into the pavement but some have become flooded mud baths<\/h4>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper aligncenter   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"89f20765-2562-4dca-bd92-f7dbe6e151d3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper   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new cycle lanes, more street lighting and 14 rain gardens &#8211; flowerbeds dug into the pavement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qasim Din, 37, who owns convenience store Eight till Late, has a rain garden directly outside his shop and says that not only is it muddy, it also restricts customer parking which has affected his trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/Blue-Minimalist-Points-Timeline-Road-Infographic-Graph-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/Blue-Minimalist-Points-Timeline-Road-Infographic-Graph-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/03\/Blue-Minimalist-Points-Timeline-Road-Infographic-Graph-2-300x225.jpg 300w, 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I don\u2019t understand. Before, the entire street had parking on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI sell big bags of rice and flour. People can\u2019t carry that even a single block. It\u2019s affected business big time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy father has had the shop for 42 years and he says he has never seen trade this bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/IMG_5200_11zon-1400x1050.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The rain garden outside Eight till Late and Mr Kebab &amp; Pizza (Credit: Zoe Glascow)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Councillor Kanaya Singh supports the businesses who are petitioning for more parking spaces and will be proposing the one outside Eight &#8217;til Late is converted back to parking at a council meeting next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe businesses are struggling,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is one area of the project that needs to be reviewed. It\u2019s not an anti-rain garden thing, more of a small business-enabler thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"83428\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3-1-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3-1-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3-1-770x404.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3-1-293x154.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" data-id=\"83428\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3-1-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3-1-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3-1-770x404.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3-1-293x154.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2024\/02\/Untitled-design-3-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two nearby rain gardens soon after construction (Credit: Councillor Stephen Cunnah)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Cardiff Council spokesperson said the rain gardens &#8211; which are a requirement set out by Welsh Government &#8211; play a critical role in managing surface water drainage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe rain garden in question has been severely damaged by people parking their car and delivery vans on top of it, so is not working correctly,&#8221; said a spokesperson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The council is taking steps to fix the damaged engineering, put in new plants and install signs so people understand what rain gardens do. 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