WHAT is consultation worth if it only canvasses those who can be expected to vote "yes"? I refer to the proposed bollard at Straylands Grove.
With only a 70 per cent vote in favour for such an approach, a proper, fair consultation, collecting votes from all who have a valid claim to be heard would no doubt have been overwhelmingly against the bollard.
East Heworth residents living near this direct route to Monks Cross should have a vote as should those who would have to put up with the displaced traffic if the bollard went up including Hopgrove Lane South and Stockton Lane. Increased traffic in these areas would be a certainty; after all, a bollard isn't going to stop people going to the supermarket.
Anne Rylatt,
Caedmon Close,
York.
Updated: 10:16 Saturday, February 12, 2005
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