{"id":86835,"date":"2024-11-05T15:55:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=86835"},"modified":"2024-11-06T16:09:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T16:09:41","slug":"its-like-the-wacky-races-grangetown-residents-describe-their-parking-nightmare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/11\/05\/its-like-the-wacky-races-grangetown-residents-describe-their-parking-nightmare\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It’s like the Wacky Races’: Grangetown residents describe their parking nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cars regularly park across dropped kerbs near school and medical practice causing serious difficulties for disabled people<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

RESIDENTS living near a school and GP surgery where, they claim, cars are parked illegally on a daily basis say it is a \u201cnightmare\u201d \u2014 and only getting worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The area around St Patrick\u2019s Primary School, Grange Medical Practice and Grangetown Hub – including Havelock Place, Lucknow Street and Bishop Street – is a hive of community activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But those who live there describe how parking is a daily battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c(I’ve lived here) 27 years and it\u2019s never been this bad,\u201d says Catherine Lazenby, 57, a wheelchair user who lives across from the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her partner Stuart Henderson, 58, says that spaces on the street are often taken up by people heading to the doctors’ surgery – which has its own car park – or dropping their children off at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drivers routinely park across the dropped kerb on the street corner outside their house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obstructing dropped kerbs can cause serious difficulties for disabled residents, particularly those who use wheelchairs or mobility scooters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are also important for blind people who rely on tactile paving to identify crossing points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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