| Senior Tory Cllr says 'no' to extra street lighting |
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Disappointed residents are none the wiser as to why their request and petition for some street lighting in their area has been turned down after the presentation to Full Council over two years ago by local resident Steve Pillinger of a petition signed by the whole street has been turned down. 
Eckweek Gardens resident Steve Pillinger with Cllr Sarah Sarah Bevan
Care
worker Steve said:
"I am
amazed that after nearly 3 years, the decision has come out to refuse. There
are scores of elderly people living here, and many residents won't use this
street to get home because it's so dark."
The area, well
known to local police officers as a favourite for drug pushers and users, has no
lighting on the section through the estate leading to the new part of the
village.
Residents alighting at the bus stop on Ashgrove use
the badly lit route regularly to walk home and during winter months in
particular are not confident about walking through the area in the
dark.
Cllr Bevan
said:
"This is
an extraordinary decision for the cabinet to take. There was huge support for
this scheme both from local police and from Community Safety groups to make
this potentially popular link between the old and and the new parts of the ward
a safer, more pleasant route for residents.
I will be
lobbying the conservative members responsible for the final decision to refuse
funding very hard indeed."
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