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Originally Posted by Neil

Unfortunately I am going to have to defend Cllr Britcliffe on this one*.

I suppose someone has to defend him.

He did not create any hazard's on Rhyddings Street.

Had there not been consultation with the residents of that section of the street, and was the end result, residents could not agree, some wanted the verges, others wanted them paved over to allow for parking. Was there a vote by residents on the matter?

All he did was to stop people distroying the grass verges in a conservation area by irresponsible and illegal parking by residents and people visiting the park.

In all the time I have lived in the area residents have parked on the verges, as you say that was a little irresposible of them,but at least it left room for emergency vehicles to access park lane.

The hazard you refer to is caused by those same irresponsible residents who insist on parking on both sides of a narrow street.

Could that be some of the residents that wanted the verges paving over, to allow them to park, whilst leaving room for emergency vehicles.

If vandels were destroying trees in the park would we not expect the council/police to do something about it? Of course we would. So what is the difference in protecting the grass verges.

Vandals have damaged items in the park, trees as well, but to date nothing has been done.The damage done to the stonework in the rose garden was given headlines in the Observer, as has a lot of other damage, again nothing done. Take the park gates as another example, they are chained in the closed position, why because they are not safe.

hiding behind the sofa to avoid all the flames and hate mail

Why would anyone want to do that,the discussion is a fair one and I respect the points put forward, it would be a sad day if anyone had to resort to that.