Resident fears nightmare parking could block ambulances and fire engines

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A street in South Manchester is so plagued by parked cars, the bin men can no longer get down the road - and some residents fear emergency vehicles might get stuck too.

Hollyway, a cul-de-sac in Northenden, is home to so many cars, the pavements have become a car park and people use the road for walking.

Despite the majority of the houses on the street having driveways, residents are still being forced to walk into the road as cars block the paths.

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For Stuart Wild, a resident on Hollyway, it’s been a problem for years which has only worsened.

He explained that the cars park so close to the houses on the pavement to allow other cars to still drive through, however this has made using the pavements impossible.

He said: “If you want to leave the street, you have to walk down the middle of the road. It’s not nice having to walk up the middle of the road.

“Everyone who has a second car, parks on the road. There are nine vehicles to one house, I don’t know why one person needs that many vehicles.

“There’s a couple of older people on the street and they have to walk into the road. We take our puppies out, we’ve got to walk in the road because you physically cannot walk up any of the pavements.

“One neighbour uses a mobility scooter, she couldn’t go anywhere.”

Meanwhile, Stuart is also worried about what would happen should an ambulance or fire engine need to drive down the road.

He explained: “Six years since my partner’s lived here now and with the green bins, they’ll just completely refuse to come down the street, you wouldn’t even get an ambulance down.

“There’s some days, no chance an ambulance could get down or, touch wood, if there’s a