James and Tracey are furious: for 35 years, they used the lawn next to their home to park, but can no longer do so. Indeed, the municipal council of Conwy, in Wales, decided to build a railing which prevents them from occupying the space. “I don’t understand why we are prevented from parking our cars there, it makes no sense,” complains James.
On the side of the municipal council, which owns the land, it is believed that parking vehicles there posed a risk to the safety of drivers due to a lack of visibility due to cars parked just before the bend.
According to Tracey, local authorities made their decision at the start of the lockdown in 2020, when several people were residing in her home and they were stuck at home. Many vehicles then used this space, but this was never the case followingwards, since the situation evolved.
Although unhappy with the fence plans, the Woodbines have submitted a planning application for a new parking lot on their land and say the city council has agreed to delay the installation of the fence until that work is complete. .
Never mind, the 40-meter-long structure was installed earlier this month, despite the couple’s complaints. From now on, James, who has heart problems, must therefore park his car further away, which makes him pissed, because there has never been a road accident there.
“I don’t agree that this parking space presented security risks and, in any case, the new fence will cause more problems than it is supposed to solve,” he laments. he. “There are big tractors that used to use the shoulder to get safely along the road, and they can’t do that anymore. It’s a waste of public money! »
The rhetoric doesn’t change from the Conwy County side: “We’ve installed a guardrail on land owned by the township near a sharp bend in the road to provide forward visibility for drivers. »
