In his recent letter, John Bayliss argues that there are "plenty of places to park legally in the city" and that Swansea Council's heavy-handed approach to street parking is entirely justified.
Following an announcement last week that the owners of Swansea's Parc Tawe complex have submitted plans to redevelop the site, Craig Lawton, Chairman of Swansea West Conservatives, has called for space to be set aside for independent shops and businesses as part of the plans.
Sketty based lawyer, Craig Lawton, has been selected as the new Chairman of the Swansea West Conservative Association.Mr Lawton, who studied Law at Swansea University where he also served as Chairman of both Swansea Conservative Future and South Wales West Conservative Future, takes over from outgoing Chairman Harri Lloyd Davies.
Nigel Evans MP, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons, returned to Swansea to officially open the new offices of the Swansea West and Gower Conservatives last Friday.
Swansea Council should help improve the look of Mumbles, South Wales West AM Suzy Davies has said.Mrs Davies has backed traders in the seaside village who have called for a scrub and lick of paint for tired-looking parts of the seafront.The Conservative AM, who lives in Swansea, also felt the Welsh Government should shout about Swansea Bay from the rooftops.
Suzy Davies, the Assembly Member for South Wales West, officially launched the Welsh Conservative’s “Sketty Contract” last week outside Sketty Primary School. In attendance along with the Assembly Member were Dan Boucher, Craig Lawton, Tony Lloyd, and Dayne Powell, four of the Welsh Conservative’s candidates for Sketty.Ms Davies, who is a member of the Assembly’s Children and Young People Committee, said that “The safety of our children has got to be a major priority, and that is particularly the case when they are travelling to and from school.”
The former Emmanuel School playing fields site, situated off Derwen Fawr Road, has been earmarked for the construction of 65 new homes. This has been met with widespread opposition from residents. The Emmanuel School site has already had 29 homes built on it by Taylor Wimpey, however the majority of these remain unsold. Furthermore, with Derwen Fawr Road becoming a bottle-neck at this location the flow of traffic is already disrupted.
At present the only measures in place are a number of electronic signs to signal the speed that motorists are travelling at. This alone has had little affect in slowing motorists down; in fact they often have the opposite outcome as individuals attempt to see how fast they can travel.
