Over £200,000 To Be Spent On Anti-Terror Bollards In City

[Hereford Voice]

Hereford's main entrances into the city centre will have anti-terror bollards installed, at a cost exceeding £200,000.

The goal, according to the Herefordshire Council, "its aim was to reduce danger for people in the city, “whether from errant vehicles or those acts motivated by terrorism aims”.

By March, the work will be completed.

Given the volume of pedestrian traffic, High Town, St. Peter's Street, and Commercial Street were identified as possible targets in a 2021 review of Hereford's historic centre.

Following earlier attacks in European cities, the authorities said that the restrictions would safeguard the safety of city users, with a focus on people assembled for festivities.

The construction company Speller Metcalfe, located in the West Midlands, has been hired to build an arbitrary quantity of "permanent, detachable and lowering/rising bollards at important city entrances, at a price of £202,830.

A comparable sum is still available from the £6 million Hereford City Centre Improvement Fund for additional initiatives.

The project has been funded by the council and Marches local enterprise partnership.

[Adrian Smith]

Hopefully will never be needed but if you don't have them and then something happens, there would be plenty of recriminating and finger pointing...

[Steve Major]

On 23/12/2023 at 08:09, Adrian Smith said:

Hopefully will never be needed but if you don't have them and then something happens, there would be plenty of recriminating and finger pointing...

Agree 100%

[ragwert]

Councillors come up with some incredible excuses to do things but this is right up there with the worst.
Can you not see this is 100% to do with vehicle restrictions around the City and the soon to be installation of traffic cameras to catch the
motorist out.
You could mow down and kill more people in a Morrisons or Sainsburys car park than the Centre of Hereford.

[Steve Major]

On 27/12/2023 at 13:07, ragwert said:

Councillors come up with some incredible excuses to do things but this is right up there with the worst.
Can you not see this is 100% to do with vehicle restrictions around the City and the soon to be installation of traffic cameras to catch the
motorist out.
You could mow down and kill more people in a Morrisons or Sainsburys car park than the Centre of Hereford.

Personally in this day and age I think it is a must! Citizen safety first.

[Adrian Smith]

On 27/12/2023 at 13:07, ragwert said:

Councillors come up with some incredible excuses to do things but this is right up there with the worst.
Can you not see this is 100% to do with vehicle restrictions around the City and the soon to be installation of traffic cameras to catch the
motorist out.
You could mow down and kill more people in a Morrisons or Sainsburys car park than the Centre of Hereford.

Don't think so. It mentions no plans to change the current traffic regulation orders, so existing vehicle access times will be unchanged.