A disabled activist says Cardiff Council are letting down blue badge users as part of a huge new development to transform part of the city. Holly Greader says the council are '"ignoring concerns" by removing 11 disabled parking spaces for the Churchill Way Canal Quarter development.
The 24-year-old from Splott says the 37 blue badge spaces on the city centre street were in constant use and the removal of them will severely impact the accessibility of the city. She said: “The removal of these spaces show that Cardiff Council do not care about the disabled community.”
Churchill way is being developed to reopen a dock feeder canal that runs through the centre of Cardiff. Work on the project, which began in early February, has seen the removal of the central reservation on Churchill Way and the tarmac dug up, with the service and utilities that were underneath the road now diverted. Site hoardings are now in place so work can begin to bring back the dock feeder canal, funded by Cardiff Council. You can keep up to date with more Cardiff stories by subscribing to our daily newsletter here.
