Cropton Park vehicular damage

John Fareham and John Abbott are taking steps to protect the playing fields on Cropton Park from damage by vehicles.

We have been holding discussions with the officers and with senior officials of KWL about how to stop irresponsible vehicular usage trashing the playing surfaces. They inform us that funding has been allocated to pay for the setting up of a strategically placed bollard to stop vehicles travelling around the park in a certain direction. We also hear that the local police and the Council’s anti-social behaviour team have been successful in taking action against the perpetrators of acts of hooliganism and vandalism. All of this is welcome progress, but we feel more can be done, and we will press for further action to be taken; for example, a gating scheme would help considerably in controlling the behaviour of drivers entering the park, and a coat of paint on some of the equipment would also send a useful message about the priority we accord to the Park.