It’s madness not having Falmouth traffic wardens

I walk down to the town centre late morning on a daily basis (more fool you, many of you will say) and am in town for approximately one hour. Just about every morning I witness at least one traffic jam/snarl-up caused by an illegally parked vehicle/s resulting in the town traffic being gridlocked in the vicinity of the bottom of the Killigrew Street junction with Market Street, encompassing the one-way High Street and Webber Street traffic. I have witnessed some of these snarl-ups lasting 10-15 minutes. What would happen if an elderly person had a heart attack, collapsed, and was in urgent need of an ambulance or a paramedic? Or someone had an asthmatic attack caused by the build up of exhaust fumes? What would happen if there was a fire in town? A serious crime? How are the emergency service vehicles going to get to the scene when there's a traffic gridlock?

I am led to believe the police have powers of recovery over vehicles that are blocking the flow of traffic. How's the recovery vehicle going to get to the scene?

It's madness not having traffic wardens in town. Since they've been removed from the scene the traffic flow situation has worsened considerably. Nobody "likes" them but they are a necessary evil if traffic flow is to be maintained and a potential tragedy averted. At least two are needed with one permanently stationed in the vicinity of Rowe's the bakers. What also narks me is revenue that is being lost through not having traffic wardens - one reason why our council tax has increased.

As it stands our town centre is a potential health hazard. Duty of care to the general public appears to be a thing of the past. How frustrating it must be for visitors to Falmouth - our bread and butter.

And the tourist season is upon us and that means even more traffic and a greater risk of a tragedy. Could affect, directly or indirectly, any one of us!

Tony Jago, Lister Street, Falmouth