Its all happening in Fenland district, this and the penalty points system
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:24 pm ] |
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Wisbech Taxi Drivers Set To Launch To Campaign To Halt Proposed Move From Horsefair 07 October 2009 Taxi drivers in Wisbech are launching a campaign to halt the proposed move away from the Horsefair centre. Fenland District Council says the rank should be moved away from the bus station because of safety problems. However taxi drivers are now expected to get passengers to sign a petition calling for the rank to remain in its present location, rather than move to a car park alongside the Case pub. Over the weekend a car parked there was badly vandalised - helping to convince members of the Wisbech and District Hackney Carriage Drivers Association that the area is not a safe location. "It is a recognised crime area, it is not a suitable place for a taxi rank," said association chairman Dave Patrick. At a licensing committee meeting last week, councillors said they were consulting taxi drivers about moving the rank, because of new EU legislation. Members were told that an EU statutory group had raised fears of buses being unable to safely reverse in areas with limited space. As a result, the council has been forced to find alternative spaces for taxi ranks. Kim Winterton, the council's licensing regulatory officer, said the proposed site was the "last piece of land we own close to the bus station". Councillor Carol Cox said: "We are between a rock and a hard place." She believed the current location was "convenient and helpful. "You can come out of the supermarket, or you can jump off a bus from an outlying town, straight into a taxi. It is the most sensible place for them to be and taxis would be lost completely near The Case. Click on the Source link below for photo of vandalised car. Source; Wisbech-Standard.co.uk |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:27 pm ] |
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Quote: At a licensing committee meeting last week, councillors said they were consulting taxi drivers about moving the rank, because of new EU legislation.
Members were told that an EU statutory group had raised fears of buses being unable to safely reverse in areas with limited space. As a result, the council has been forced to find alternative spaces for taxi ranks. They have to be making this up? CC |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:29 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: Quote: At a licensing committee meeting last week, councillors said they were consulting taxi drivers about moving the rank, because of new EU legislation. Members were told that an EU statutory group had raised fears of buses being unable to safely reverse in areas with limited space. As a result, the council has been forced to find alternative spaces for taxi ranks. They have to be making this up? CC I would suspect it is all on the advice of the LA's solicitor. |
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| Author: | skippy41 [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:30 pm ] |
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Its all happening in Fenland district, this and the penalty points system
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:37 pm ] |
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Brummie Cabbie wrote: I would suspect it is all on the advice of the LA's solicitor.
Cant see anything on the committee website. CC |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:38 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: Brummie Cabbie wrote: I would suspect it is all on the advice of the LA's solicitor. Cant see anything on the committee website. CC Have you looked at the licensing committee website properly? |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:41 pm ] |
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Brummie Cabbie wrote: captain cab wrote: Brummie Cabbie wrote: I would suspect it is all on the advice of the LA's solicitor. Cant see anything on the committee website. CC Have you looked at the licensing committee website properly? obviously not! Agenda 2nd October 09 5. Proposal to relocate the Wisbech taxi rank from The Horsefair Bus Station to Blackfriars Road and Canal Street (Information Item). To seek approval to commence trade and public consultation on a proposal to relocate the Wisbech |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:50 pm ] |
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captain cab wrote: Brummie Cabbie wrote: captain cab wrote: Brummie Cabbie wrote: I would suspect it is all on the advice of the LA's solicitor. Cant see anything on the committee website. CC Have you looked at the licensing committee website properly? obviously not! Agenda 2nd October 09 5. Proposal to relocate the Wisbech taxi rank from The Horsefair Bus Station to Blackfriars Road and Canal Street (Information Item). To seek approval to commence trade and public consultation on a proposal to relocate the Wisbech B*ll*cks!! It wouldn't have been on Licensing in Brum, it would have been Transportation, Highways & Streets or whatever they call themselves. |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:55 pm ] |
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Brummie Cabbie wrote: B*ll*cks!!
It wouldn't have been on Licensing in Brum, it would have been Transportation, Highways & Streets or whatever they call themselves. Reading between the lines it seems to be going out to consultation. There appears to be no mention of the EU law though. CC |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:41 pm ] |
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skippy41 wrote: Its all happening in Fenland district, this and the penalty points system
I wonder what turned this council, who in my imagination are possibly like the parish council off the Vicar of Dibley, into a gang of salivating Nazis? CC |
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