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Poor parking on city streets after Pink concert

By Ted Peskett - Local Democracy Reporter | Updated Friday 14th June 2024 10:59am |  Follow us @broradio

More than 400 parking fines were issued after Pink's huge concert in Cardiff.

Shortly after the show at the Principality Stadium on Tuesday, pictures emerged on social media showing cars parked on pavements and grass verges on and near Taff Embankment.

Cardiff Council said it received 109 reports about people parking incorrectly across two days - with 57 complaints made on Tuesday and 52 on Wednesday.

Data from the local authority also shows 444 penalty charge notices (PCNs) were issued in Cardiff on June 11th (Tuesday) with Taffs Mead Embankment clocking up the most on that day.

Residents who witnessed poor parking on the Taff Embankment on June 12th (Wednesday) called the issue “frustrating” and “selfish”.

Not everyone on the road saw the same issues but residents there did say parking can sometimes be an issue more generally.

“I have always been quite fortunate,” said Jayne Stitfall about the parking situation on Taff Embankment. “There have been one or two occasions but I don't see what you can do.”

There is a mix of permitted parking and non-permit parking along the Taff Embankment.

Jayne, 65, said she wouldn't want people to be discouraged from visiting the city centre, Cardiff Bay, or Grangetown.

However she said the parking situation can sometimes be “very inconvenient”.

Another resident who wished to remain anonymous said: “We get problems sometimes, during the rugby, but there were no problems this week. It may be an issue further up but… not here.”

On the parking situation along Taff Embankment though, the resident added: “Generally it is an issue.”

Cardiff Council issued 384 PCNs on June 6th last year when Coldplay played one of two gigs on their Music of the Spheres tour at the Principality Stadium.

At the time, the council said that on a normal weekday they tend to issue about 200 PCNs for parking violations.

They did add that this depends on how many officers are out conducting patrols.

For more information on parking for major events in the city - including Taylor Swift's upcoming Eras Tour show at the Principality Stadium - visit Cardiff Council's website.

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