Letter to the Editor: I would like to express my disappointment with the fact that some Aberystwyth residents choose to park on pavements, disregarding the implications for the safety of children and other people. As a town and county councillor, I have long campaigned to protect the people that I represent. Over the years, people have come to me with concerns about illegal parking, and lack of time to cross roads on a green light and so on.

Since having a stroke in December 2021, I’ve had personal experience of crossing Aberystwyth town in a wheelchair. I make the effort to avoid using the car when collecting my children from school, for the benefit of our family’s health and the environment. It is therefore very disappointing when I find that there is no space for me on the pavement, and I am forced on to the road, alongside my young children. There is no justification for illegal parking. The event I describe is a daily occurrence for me. I kindly ask some residents to consider more carefully the risk and the frustration they cause.

Mark Strong

Aberystwyth town councillor,

Ceredigion county councillor