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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ted Peskett & Joe Smith

Parents win parking fight after using garden chairs to barricade school run cars

Furious residents have forced their local council to perform a u-turn on parking after they barricaded their street with garden chairs in protest at school run traffic chaos.

Residents of cul de sac took matters into their own hands and formed a barricade on their street four weeks ago to prevent parents from parking on their driveways after the council closed the local school’s drop-off zone.

The Council's decision to close the drop off zone at Brynmenyn primary school in Bridgend, Wales, in December due to safety concerns had left many parents looking for alternative parking options - leaving some nearby streets clogged with cars during the school run.

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