Yellow lines will wreck livelihoods; LETTERS.

THE Daily Post (August 1) gave coverage to the ridiculous yellow lines recently painted in Ruthin.

I wish to make readers aware that plans are afoot by Denbighshire Council to destroy any economic benefits of the recently acquired City Status of St Asaph by enforcing restricted parking along all the roads in Upper St Asaph and making visiting and shopping as difficult as possible for local people and visitors. The deadline for objections is August 13 when many people are on holiday.

Recently Denbighshire Council enjoyed basking in the media spotlight celebrating the hard earned success of St Asaph in winning city status - now they are attempting to destroy all the small businesses who are struggling to survive. The restricted parking will mean people will shop at the nearby supermarkets where all parking is free.

Upper St Asaph has several longestablished and family-run shops and a cafe and all these businesses work hard and provide an excellent, friendly service and often go the extra mile to help customers.

Many people are working hard to promote and capitalise on city status and are proud of our city and want St Asaph to be a place where people visit and support the local economy: it is therefore deeply concerning that Denbighshire Council will, if these plans are allowed to proceed, destroy several small local businesses and livelihoods and ultimately the quality of life for many local people.

Yr Athro / Professor MA Lloyd-Williams, Waen St Asaph