Overview
- A parking warden issued a ticket minutes after contractors finished painting the new disabled bay on East Usk Road on Monday.
- The notice cited failure to display a Blue Badge, the permit that must be shown to use disabled bays.
- Graham Tufft, 66, said he waited two years and three months for the space and lives with a below‑knee amputation, a leg splint, heart failure, and diabetes.
- His wife said she checked guidance during the work, learned the badge must be displayed, and then found a £70 notice as she went to put it in the car, reduced to £35 if paid within 14 days.
- The couple have started a formal appeal and contacted Newport City Council, which had not provided a comment in the reports, raising questions about coordination and any grace period when new bays take effect.