Barrington Avenue bollards

John Fareham and John Abbott continue to pursue the question of how bollards were placed on Barrington Avenue open land without their prior knowledge or consent.

 

We have, for some time, been looking for a means of protecting the open space in front of the former police houses that would command general support.  No consensus as between local residents has yet emerged as to which possible option might best be implemented, so that it came as a considerable surprise to find out that officers had arranged for the installation of bollards without asking us first and without arranging the usual funding from our ward budget.  Indeed officers in the area team are still looking into the question of how these bollards were paid for.  We would however like to reiterate that we did not arrange for their installation, knowing full well that such an idea would meet with the approval of some but not of others, and whilst we do feel there is a health and safety aspect to this matter in respect of children playing on this open space, we would not implement any solution without first checking that it commanded the support of local residents.