The spokesman said loading bays, essential for delivery vehicles, were now "more readily available for their specific purpose".

BBC: A civil enforcement officer

And 64% said patients in bays had to walk past areas occupied by the opposite sex to get to bathrooms.

BBC: Mixed-sex NHS 'still a problem'

Mayor Catrin Miles said drivers were parking in loading bays which sometimes brought traffic to a standstill when lorries were trying to make deliveries.

BBC: Ceredigion parking 'getting worse' six months on

"People don't use the public car parks and tend to park in the town centre illegally in loading bays and disabled parking spaces, " she said.

BBC: Ceredigion parking 'getting worse' six months on

To help New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers said Friday that it will open 52 more bays at the Bonnet Carre Spillway just north of the city, diverting water into Lake Pontchartrain.

CNN: Jindal: Morganza Spillway could open as early as Saturday

He said he hoped this could be for a short time and the access route and bays can be reopened soon.

BBC: Lord Hill statue's safety cordon extended in Shrewsbury

"Because we have an old hospital, with six-bedded bays, if one person has norovirus, you have to close six beds, " she said.

BBC: Jersey hospital wards reopen after norovirus outbreak