Parking on St Matthews,Leicester - a few thoughts
Parking on St. Matthews has become the major driver behind the currant degradation of the built environment here on this inner city estate surrounded on three sides by major roads. Over half of the people on this estate are under 20 and are most at risk from the resultant pollution. On any given night there are nearly a 100 empty car park spaces available on the St Matthews ( near Bargain Booze) so why do we need more car parking? The SMTA (St.Matthews Tenants Association) is the driving force behind this constant growth in hard surface tarmac and the chopping down of the few trees and green spaces we have on the estate. They have probably spent £400,000 in the last 3 years rolling out a vision of 'Living in a Car Park' where we are providing unregulated parking for people visiting town and our children breathe in their fumes. By the way, according to the Leicester City Council website none of these car parks have planning permission. They claim widespread support for c