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| UPDATED
EVERY FRIDAY
Last Update:
Friday 20th
May, 2005 |
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| Rail firm under fire over fences |
THE Town Hall is
being urged by tenants on the Maiden Lane estate in Camden
Town to take Network Rail to court over fences the firm has
put up along railway lines.
The heavy steel fencing, topped with metal spikes, has gone
up around railway bridges and along stretches of track throughout
the borough, including a section that runs through the estate.
Iain Thomas, of Maiden Lane tenants and residents association,
wrote to Labour council leader Councillor Dame Jane Roberts
demanding action.
He says the fences “are a gross insult to the people
of this estate and make the boundary into a prison camp perimeter”.
The company says it was not obliged to apply for planning
permission because the fence is on its own land and is there
for safety reasons.
But Mr Thomas has told the council leader: “Maiden Lane,
with its history of neglect and lack of investment, has suffered
enough and does not need further evidence that its residents
are considered third-class citizens.”
Residents elsewhere have asked the Town Hall to look into
the legality of the fences. A 130-signature protest petition
has been sent from Camden School for Girls in Sandall Road,
Camden Town.
Catherine Hays, chairwoman of Camden Square Neighbourhood
Association, said she had received several letters from residents
disgusted at the “concentration-camp-like fencing”
at Agar Grove Bridge in Camden Town.
She said: “The fencing creates a ghettoisation of the
estates, dividing the houses in the Camden Square area from
Agar Grove.”
A spokeswoman for Network Rail said: “This fencing has
been erected in response to safety concerns raised by British
Transport Police. The area is high risk for crime.
“However, we take residents’ concerns seriously
and are exploring whether any alternative methods of protection
are available.”
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