Gates to stop anti-social behaviour in Bulwell

This was reported at a meeting of Nottingham City Council’s Area Committee for the Bulwell and Bulwell Forest wards.

Members were told that the paths - on Courtleet Way and Willow Hill Close -are also popular with ‘joyriders’ on motorcycles.

At a cost of £4,200, the council is planning to put up bow-top gates to slow the culprits down and stop them congregating there.

A local resident who did not want to be identified said: “Anything that helps to deal with crime and anti-social behaviour up here is to be welcomed.”

The city council’s tenancy and estates manager, Nicky Jarvis, said the proposal was part of a programme of environmental improvements earmarked for the Bulwell area.

People living on the Sandhurst Road estate are supporting a plan to put up clearly-visible signs for the numbers of bungalows there.

This would be in response to complaints that it is ‘extremely difficult’ for visitors, including emergency vehicles, to find specific addresses.

A 1.8m high metal fence is proposed to deter unwanted visitors who use a path on Saxelby Gardens late at night.

It is claimed that a wooden fence at the location has been persistently vandalised, enabling intruders to use the path as a cut-through or as a toilet.

Other improvements are aimed at cracking down on fly-tipping and indiscrimate parking on Snape Wood estate.