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Gore residents Rosemary Heath and Christopher Scoles with their petition opposing the Gore District Councilâs Streets Alive programme.
Some of Gore’s elderly residents are too scared to leave their homes and drive in the town because of changes the council has made as parts of its Streets Alive initiative, councillor Glenys Dickson told a council meeting on Tuesday.
And results to the council’s own survey about changes to the town’s streets found some initiatives were unpopular and there were concerns about safety issues.
The council has rolled out a three-month trial of its Streets Alive project, which has changed some layouts for traffic throughout the town, by adding pocket parks, planters, roundabouts and courtesy crossings.