The man in charge of Bristol’s roads has agreed to send more traffic wardens to ticket drivers parking on the pavement in one spot in Bristol after a concerted social media campaign by local councillors.
Cllr Don Alexander, the Labour councillor who is the cabinet member for transport, had initially told other councillors who were posting pictures and videos of pavement parking from Cheltenham Road in Montpelier to report it properly, because the council’s parking services team ‘don’t sit and play on Twitter all day’.
Cyclists and local residents began complaining about the pavement parking on Cheltenham Road after a cycle lane along that stretch of the A38 was removed and the pavement was made wider, earlier this month.
