Cintra - options

Glenn and I met this morning with the senior officer for Parks regarding the situation with the travellers. You may recall from earlier posts that the Council will be going to court next Thursday 15th May to remove them.

The discussion this morning was about what might be done to prevent future incursions.

At the extreme, one could imagine fencing the boundary of the lawns and the length of the service roadway leading to houses 3,5,7,9 but this would likely be both expensive, visually intrusive and inconvenient.
Another option might be to dig a series of wooden posts into the lawns, as has been done in the Woodley area, but this would spoil the appearance of the lawns.

It appears that the best option is probably to put a knee-rail around the boundary of the lawns on Cintra, and limit the width of vehicles using the service road (there would need to be a gate for maintenance vehicles / delivery trucks).

The money for this would need to be drawn from an available budget, such as section 106 money from contributions from developers, and would need to be approved by the Council's Decision Book process. This puts the likely timescale for implementation back towards the end of June.

We have asked Officers to work up the detail of the proposals and will be finding out what local residents think before proceeding, but there are, at least, some options on the table