RESIDENTS in Mudeford have appealed to the council to establish a sufficient traffic management system after a busy summer for visitors at the beauty spot last year. Long queues of cars were seen attempting to park at Mudeford Quay car park last summer as visitors from outside the area, as well as residents within the Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch area, ventured out to the Christchurch car park. Locals have called for the installation a traffic management system that limits the number of vehicles attempting to park in the car park when there is no available space, and the introduction of clear signage at the entrance to Chichester Way to alternative car parks in Christchurch.
Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to Bournemouth last summer after the first lockdown was eased. It resulted in a major incident being declared after the town struggled to cope with an influx of visitors. But BCP Council said plans are in place to prevent it happening again. Councillor Drew Mellor, leader, said: “We are a holiday area. We are proud of that, the livelihoods of many local people depend on the visitor economy, and we look forward to welcoming people back to our amazing towns and beaches, when the time is right. “We will do whatever it takes to avoid a situation like last summer. Let’s be clear, the issue was not the number of people who came to our beaches.
Bournemouth Town Hall. THE budget drawn up by BCP Council has passed its penultimate hurdle after being given unanimous approval by its cabinet on Wednesday. Conservative councillors said the proposals would be “transformative” and that it would keep money in people’s pockets. It will now go before the full council later this month where it is expected that opposition groups will challenge the budget by putting forward alternatives. Unveiling his budget last month, council leader Drew Mellor said it allowed “significant” investment in services while also increasing council tax by a sum, he said, was one of the lowest in the country.
By Letters to the Editor
Mast concerns IT CAME as a big surprise to learn from my local residents’ association that a re-application has been received by our BCP planning department to install a 20m (65ft) high 5G monopole tower with six antennas, two transmission dishes atop plus four ground level equipment cabinets in a residential area on a small recreational parcel of public land next to Talbot roundabout. One of the declared commercial beneficiaries of this installation is Huawei. Further investigation revealed that the applicant is only legally obliged to put up small discreet laminated posters near the installation site for them to be able to cite that they have fully engaged with the local neighbourhood and community.