Give us back our car park lights, say Canford Heath residents (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Give us back our car park lights, say Canford Heath residents
2:00pm Monday 28th January 2013 in News By Diana Henderson
Canford Heath Townswomen’s Guild members are complaining over lights in Adastral Square car park that have been turned off
An appeal for lighting has been made by Canford Heath residents fed up with having to stumble around in the dark to find their cars.
More than a year ago the Co-op supermarket shut its doors at Adastral Square on the Poole estate – and the power was pulled on the lights in the large car park at the rear.
Now pitch black in the evenings, the car park is also used by people visiting the community centre, the youth club, library and doctor’s surgery and residents have had enough.
Canford Heath Townswomen’s Guild members, who hold their evening meetings at the community centre signed a 30-strong petition urging Borough of Poole to put pressure on the landowner to provide adequate lighting.
Treasurer Linda Penn said: “There are no lights at all until you get to the road. It’s just ridiculous when there are people using the community centre and the pub.”
Chairman Annie Garner said: “When we come out of the Guild at night, because our members are mature ladies, it’s dangerous for them,” she said.
Committee member Judy Jones said: “We have lots of thing to carry out and put in the boots of our cars and we can’t see what we are doing.”
Jo Gash said: “Lots of other people use the hall. There are dance groups and young girls coming out when it’s dark.”
Cllr Sandra Moore, who represents Canford Heath East, and presented the petition to Borough of Poole described the situation as “outrageous”.
She pointed out the council did not own or maintain the car park and under its lease the Co-op was responsible. “The Co-op signed a 15-year lease from May 2004 for a supermarket that is currently empty. They don’t have a duty of care that a council has.”
Colleague Cllr Jennie Hodges said: “Trying to get someone to take responsibility for this area is quite a job.”
Borough of Poole wrote to the Co-op last November and has not yet received a reply. A second letter has now been sent.
The Daily Echo contacted the Co-op for a response and had not received one by the time it went to press.
Comments(12)
really?? seriously??
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2:41pm Mon 28 Jan 13
Phixer
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3:27pm Mon 28 Jan 13
really?? seriously?? wrote:What, and spend their own money? Take responsibility for their own actions? That would never do.
Or simply but a torch?
Much better that they lobby for you and I to dip into our tax payments.
l'anglais
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4:10pm Mon 28 Jan 13
How dare they, what do think this is the 20th Century?
Get real people, we are living in times of austerity.
Everyone for themselves just as Thatcher dreamed of.
guisselle
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6:44pm Mon 28 Jan 13
the pound shop!
Letcommonsenseprevail
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7:05pm Mon 28 Jan 13
Letcommonsenseprevail
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7:07pm Mon 28 Jan 13
scrumpyjack wrote:Very funny, made me smile!
Put in a 'Pay As You Go light meter box.'
10p for 3 mins.
They probably don't exist so you would have to make one.
tramp_about_town
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7:21pm Mon 28 Jan 13
master plan
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7:21pm Mon 28 Jan 13
The lighting has never been great round their but surely you must remember where you parked your car!!!!
Don't waste the councils money times are hard
guisselle
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5:27am Tue 29 Jan 13
ladies, surely they have better things
to do than faff about in a car park!
BIGTONE
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8:52am Tue 29 Jan 13
30 strong signatures eh?
Must be 10 houses then?
Average 3 signatures per household.
Yep that will get results.
jeebuscripes
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2:48pm Wed 30 Jan 13
scrumpyjack says...
2:03pm Mon 28 Jan 13
10p for 3 mins.
They probably don't exist so you would have to make one.