Council forced to remove bollards after hundreds of vehicles damaged on road narrowing scheme
A COUNCIL has been forced to remove bollards they erected on a narrow stretch of road after they left hundreds of cars damaged.
The road narrowing scheme was imposed on Woodmere Avenue in Watford, Herts, over a decade ago by the local council in a bid to stop HGVs using the road.
But over the years the deterrent has written off countless cars due to the width of the road and the bollards being too close to the edge of the kerbs.
Resident Tim Vigor, 53, has recorded scores of unexpecting road users, including a police car, colliding with the restriction over the past few years to help raise awareness of the issue.
And locals have been campaigning to have the bollards removed for over a decade.
Herts County Council has now pledged to remove two of the bollards and relocate the remaining four a further six inches away from the road.
However this is only an interim adjustment, with the promise of a Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera hoping to completely remove the restrictions by late 2023.
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