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Possibly by using the back ally behind Rhyddings Street. It gets you a bit further along Park Lane and is wide enough for the monsterous bin wagons that use it every other week. Plently wide enough for an ambulance and probably for a fire engine.

You cant get down Park Lane with any emergency vehicle - except maybe the Paramedic cars

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That is an interesting point about parking on the kerb you mention. I am not sure if you are around at 3.30pm ish. Just watch the parents pushing prams having to use the road because someones Shogun is parked on the footpath at the Fielding Lane end of Park Lane. Or look at the corner of Rhyddings and Park Lane to see other cars doing the same. Road is for cars - footpath is for pedestrians! Not to mention a certain gentleman you refer to as BW - his 4x4 is also often seen parked on the footpath outside his house on Catlow Hall Street - a law breaking councillor whatever next?

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Ah now there's a thing the back ally, which end are you refering to rhyddings street end, or fielding lane end. Cause both are at right angles to the "park wall" and due to the width of park lane you will not turn a vehicle out of those back allys on to park lane, other than a small mini. Plus those allys are usually blocked of at Hornby street with parked cars.
On the monsterous bin waggons, they reverse up the back allys from Hornby street
On the distance you will gain by using the back ally = 1 house width, that a great reduction if you live near the ends of park lane
Neil are you resident in the area?

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I am a resident yes. I was not suggesting turning out of the back ally. Just using it to gain access. I am sure that neither fire engines or ambulances would get down Park Lane without wiping out all the cars.

I hope you dont live on the corners I mentioned

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Cllr Puppet. I dont know if you ever go to the Area Council Meeting but it's embarasing watching PB working BW's strings. :)

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Take your point but not a lot of distance gained, we have had ambulances on the lane but the last one took 25mins to get from fielding lane to the house in question, and that was in response to a heart attack, the person is actually ok.
No I don't live on the corners you mentioned.
Another point, the kerbs on park lane used to be nearly level with the road so people parked half and half, thus the road was wider.

Re: Widening Rhyddings Street
 

Was the footpath raised? They are making a mess of "repairing" the footpath on Park Lane.

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How do you get an ambulance down Park Lane? It looks like your problem is worse than on Rhyddings Street.

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