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Angry residents are complaining about vehicles parking on footpaths and blocking access for pedestrians and wheelchair users.

Hawkinge Warden Tanya Clark is reported in this month's Hawkinge Community Newsletter saying that over the past month she has received numerous complaints about vehicles blocking footpaths.

GazetteOnline has also been told it is often difficult to use some footpaths because of parked cars which block pedestrian access for parents with pushchairs or elderly or disabled people in wheelchairs who can be forced into the road to negotiate their way around vehicles.

Warden, Tanya is asking everyone to be considerate and aware that vehicles do not obstruct any footpath.

Editor's note: Please let us know what you think....

Do you find vehicles  partly or wholly parked on footpaths?

If you push a buggy or you are a wheelchair user, does it cause you problems?

If you are a driver who parks a car on the footpath,  please tell us why it is necessary..... is the road too narrow? Does it block the highway for emergency vehicles if it is parked on the road?

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