Comments on: Never mind the bollards

By: Resident

Resident — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:41:13 +0000

picture 3 shows a red car illegally parked on the wrong side of the road!! you should never park on the right hand side facing traffic

By: Vicarage resident

Vicarage resident — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:56:20 +0000

I feel cut off down here as it’s difficult to get in or out. Public transport is limited to Mon-Fri in daylight hours only, and if you try to get out by car in peak times you have to set off earlier or just not bother at all. I wish it had never been blocked off.

By: A Resident - Anon

A Resident - Anon — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:06:18 +0000

I agree that this “was not thought through” – at the time the road was closed alot of villagers said that this could remain as a access to Glenfield and a cycle lane could have been added. We now have just 1 exit towards town out of Kirby up blood hill from this end of the village, there are queues and in bad weather it is v v slow . Short sighted Council I am afraid.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:19:46 +0000

The only reason that bollards were not put in place was that 1 person had objected to them as he parked his van there. I think the person involved should take a look at the Highway Code and find information about parking on public footpaths.

By: x files

x files — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:45:38 +0000

waste of councils money again

By: PCSO Duane Wright

PCSO Duane Wright — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:11:59 +0000

On this topic I would like to clarify a few things.

Having patrolled the location frequently the Beat Team dealt with the few individuals as necessary after complaints from residents and local dog walkers etc. It was highlighted to us by the residents as an issue and so we contacted the County Highways Department who began to work toward a solution to preventing the Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) rather than us just patrolling when we were on duty.

The Council consulted local residents by delivering the proposals through letterboxes and had details available at the location to contact them for any passer by who wanted to add their support/objections.
There were bollards in the original proposal, however, this was opposed. This was an opposition from someone who has an interest in the area. Middle ground was reached where it was decided that the bollards would be an option to be added at a later date should the gate not deter the unwanted vehicles visiting the area. So if ASB does begin to occur at the location, with vehicles driving over the path to the bottom, then the bollards can be put into place if the issue can not be resolved another way.

It is not an oversight on the Councils part that there are no bollards, it is the wish of the public. The Council have retained the ability to put the bollards in at a later date if required without the need to go through expensive protocol as it is already covered in the proposal.

However, there is no need to add these at the moment and I do not envisage there being a need for them. The gate has solved the problem and the Beat Team have been approached on many occasions and informed by numerous local residents and area users of the vast improvement in the area as a whole.

Councillor Parsons part in this was instrumental in this local bug bear being turned once again into a place to enjoy.

On the subject of itinerants, it is unlikely that they will return and they will be dealt with if they do.

Lets all remember that these days there is due process which must be followed and not everyone will always be happy with the outcome once a project is completed.

Regards,

Duane

By: ANON

ANON — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:19:20 +0000

Exactly this is why we want it blocked off KIDS and HAMMERED don’t mix, most of the time you will leave your litter and you make people feel intimidated if you want a beer go to a friends house and sit in the garden.

By: Paul Rowlett

Paul Rowlett — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:46:51 +0000

if you keep blocking off all these areas where are the kids gonna hang out and have a couple of beers? we used to get hammered down the park but charlie stanniforth used to chase us over the corn fields.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:02:58 +0000

The Mosquito has 2 other problems:
1. It would inconvenience those youths who use the bridge to play football. They aren’t bad, they are polite and they live in the village too.
2. For those that would cause damage there would be nothing stopping them breaking the device. No-one could see them. And to stop that we’d need CCTV (another scheme!).

3 or 4 concrete bollards. Not the collasping sort, just concrete. That would work.

And have you seen the new cycle lane? I bet cyclists feel SO much safer there now….

By: Shane Shuttlewood

Shane Shuttlewood — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:49:28 +0000

I agree that bollards are needed i regularly walk this route and cycle through on occasions too and the gap is huge and could easily fit a number of vehicles through this, i feel that they never really thought this threw. Further to the mosquito alarm i do believe this was tried on a set of shops in Eyres Monsell and was a failed attempt as it made a target for the youths and did not seem to annoy them at all.