“They even cut lighting cables”: you have been able to park for free in this Anderlecht district for 10 years, but the reason is not at all pleasant

It sounds too good to be true, but you read that right. Free parking has been available at Alfons Lemmensplein in Anderlecht for ten years. And not out of the goodness of the community, but out of fear. The stewards of parking.brussels have not carried out checks there for years. The reason: threats, intimidation, aggression and a neighborhood that has long been in the grip of the drug trade. And we were able to determine that ourselves. Because after a few minutes we were pelted with bottles and metal in the square. “This has become a zone without laws or rules,” warns Mobility Alderman Halina Benmrah (MR). And yet the alderman wants to reintroduce paid parking, but how?

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