Travellers leave Wolverhampton car park after legal threat
Travellers who moved onto a council-owned car park have now left, after the local authority threatened legal action.
Around 15 caravans parked up at the car park on Showell Road, opposite the new KFC in Bushbury, on Thursday.
Officers from Wolverhampton City Council's public protection unit visited the site on Monday together with police.
They gave the travellers 24 hours to leave, which they did yesterday.
Council spokesman Gurdip Thandi said: "The group of travellers have this afternoon left the site, as agreed with the council's public protection unit and West Midlands Police.
"They have bagged up their rubbish in refuse bags ready for collection and there appears to be no damage to the site.
"We have not received any complaints about the group, either from local businesses or residents, during their whole stay."
The site, which has been regularly used as match-day parking for Wolves home games during the football season, was used by travellers in September last year.
It is believed that the group that has now left is the same group that moved onto a Stafford town centre car park owned by Stafford Borough Council last week.
