Residents have been left outraged after a council decided to remove their protest banners from a popular Cardiff park. A number of Llandaff North residents decided to create posters, banners and a plaque to express their opposition to plans by Welsh Water to build a sewage pumping station at Hailey Park.
However, these were all removed over the course of about three days between December 11 and 14. One member of the public had asked campaigners for a banner that they could attach to their property in Station Road. This has also "disappeared". Cardiff Council said it was not responsible for removing any banners or posters from private property. However, it did admit taking down protest banners and posters at Hailey Park.
But Llandaff North resident Pam French said she felt their campaign had been singled out: "Other posters are put up and they are not removed. It seems very targeted and very deliberate, especially at a time when they are saying that there aren't resources in the council and there aren't enough people there. It very much feels like it is an assault on the voice of the local people. They are happy to put a sewage pumping station in that park, but they are not happy to put a sign on it. That is really not okay with the local people." You can get more Cardiff news and other story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
