Workers put at risk

I work as a clerical officer in the Chapel Ash vicinity and would like to air a complaint against Wolverhampton Council. I can accept and understand that cars parking on pavements is illegal and should be stopped, and it has been.My problem is that all car parking spaces in the area are now limited to two hours. Why would anyone in the Chapel Ash area want to park there for two hours? Most people visiting the area each day are workers, and unfortunately have to work longer than two hours at a time.

We are now finding there are lots of spaces left everyone day, as no one can use these spaces without having to move their car every two hours, or take the risk of a parking fine, and believe me a lot have been given out.

Does the council not realise Chapel Ash is already a shadow of its former self. Only one bank there now, no post office, very few shops in business.

There is only Coniston House which houses the head office of Wolverhampton City PCT and has very limited parking underneath the building. Where are the staff meant to park? If I was an employer looking for premises I would not consider the area. Where would my staff park their cars? On the back streets in a very dodgy area, leaving themselves open to mugging or even rape?

All I can say is well done Wolverhampton Council for helping make the Chapel Ash area a ghost town. No one will want to take their business there or work there.

I for one now have to get to work very early, park on the back streets, quite far from work, and feel very frightened and anxious walking back to my car. If I do get raped or mugged, would I have a case against the council for putting me in a vulnerable position? If I do get attacked I will be taking legal action.

Surely it would have been better to make some of the parking bays two hours, to enable the very few visitors to the area to find a parking space, and to leave the remainder for the workers.

Pat Beckett, Coppice Road, Coseley.