Swansea club-goers of the more traditional kind will be delighted that plans to close Wind Street to traffic seven nights a week are to be ditched following widespread protests.
Despite ‘concerns’ from police and pub proprietors for the safety of their younger clientele, Swansea Council appears to be looking to reverse an earlier decision and listen to the needs of older & infirm patrons whose establishments pre-date the newcomers by nearly a century and will probably have longer futures given the way that other premises regularly change owners, identities and facades.
Those less fortunate to fare at the hands of highways officials however are motorists who have enjoyed free ‘suburban’ parking throughout the city and specifically the communities of Morriston and Gorseinon. A separate cabinet report states:
The Cost Of Maintaining The Car Parks In Both Morriston And Gorseinon Is A Burden On The Car Park Budget. The Car Park Budget Gains No Income From These Car Parks. This Budget Is Currently Showing A Substantial Deficit And In Order To Maintain These Car Parks To An Acceptable Standard, Users Should Be Charged.
Clearly a ‘capital’ offence in the view of the author who recommends introducing pay and display charges.
Other free car-parks in Clydach, Landore, Gowerton, Brynhyfryd, Pontardulais, Llangyfelach, and the Marina are unaffected – for now.
Despite ‘concerns’ from police and pub proprietors for the safety of their younger clientele, Swansea Council appears to be looking to reverse an earlier decision and listen to the needs of older & infirm patrons whose establishments pre-date the newcomers by nearly a century and will probably have longer futures given the way that other premises regularly change owners, identities and facades.
Those less fortunate to fare at the hands of highways officials however are motorists who have enjoyed free ‘suburban’ parking throughout the city and specifically the communities of Morriston and Gorseinon. A separate cabinet report states:The Cost Of Maintaining The Car Parks In Both Morriston And Gorseinon Is A Burden On The Car Park Budget. The Car Park Budget Gains No Income From These Car Parks. This Budget Is Currently Showing A Substantial Deficit And In Order To Maintain These Car Parks To An Acceptable Standard, Users Should Be Charged.
Clearly a ‘capital’ offence in the view of the author who recommends introducing pay and display charges.
Other free car-parks in Clydach, Landore, Gowerton, Brynhyfryd, Pontardulais, Llangyfelach, and the Marina are unaffected – for now.
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