South Wales Evening Post - 16 March 2007
Reading your article in Friday's Post about drivers parking on the newly laid paving stones on Princess Way made me and, I am sure, a lot of Swansea's taxpayers see red.
Why, oh why, are these selfish people allowed to get away with it? Some £2.8 million spent and for what - a car park - unbelievable. I passed there this very morning (Monday, March 12) and there they were still parking on these lovely new slabs.
It is disgraceful. Where are the police - oh yes, in the police station - and where are the so-called parking wardens or the so-called Swansea rangers?I could go on and on but nobody seems to care.I ask you, £2.8 million - what a waste? Why don't they fine these selfish people and make them pay for the cleaning of the slabs?
This city is going to the dogs, why spend money when nobody cares, why employ wardens when they do not do the job they are paid for?
If the police and wardens refuse to do their jobs, I suggest the council puts railings or posts to stop these petrol litter louts from defacing what could be a wonderful new walkway for Swansea's pedestrians and visitors alike.
The sooner these selfish vandals get their comeuppance, the better.
Mrs T Thomas, William Street, Swansea
