A council has been criticised after barricades introduced as a traffic calming measure have blocked residents off from access to emergency services.
Bristol City Council claims the blockades in Barton Hill, east Bristol, are anti-traffic and pollution measures but residents say they live in fear that they will be abandoned by police and ambulances.
Streets in the small enclave have been turned in to one-way roads with large planters filled with flowers used to direct cars around a circuitous route.
But new footage has revealed that these traffic measures have in fact stopped police, fire engines and paramedics responding to emergencies.
In a video shared with the Mail, a police car can be seen attempting to drive down the street before being blocked, having to perform a U-turn and find a different route to the houses, adding precious minutes on to the journey.
