High noon for Bath Road car park barrier?
December 19th, 2009 by Chris Caswill
Town centre residents have been waiting for years for some action on the late night noise in the Bath Road car park.
At the Area Board in November it looked like we were making real progress - all Board members voted for a costed proposal to come to the January 11 Area Board meeting. It looks like the issue will come to a head at that meeting.
“There seems to be an assumption within the Council that a car park barrier will cost tens of thousands of pounds”, says Cllr. Chris Caswill, “but I have done some homework with the help of Google and electronically controlled barriers come in at about £1500-£2000. The fitting and cabling would be extra of course but I am very puzzled by these huge costs and where they come from.”
The campaign for a fair deal for town centre residents continues……
