I visited the Springbank Road yesterday which was the site of an illegal Traveller occupation last week. I was pleased at the work the Parks and Countryside Division had undertaken to clean up the site and it has now been made secure with robust fencing to prevent re-occupation in the future. The new fencing is made of strengthened steel but will also blend, after a bit of weathering, to prevent the site looking like a prison camp.
I was told by the P and C section that they had spent over £50,000 this year in cleaning up sites devastated by Travellers and this has focused my mind on the campaign to change the law on Travellers. The change would allow an immediate eviction instead of the present civil process where a court order has to be obtained and days pass before an eviciton is granted. During this period the community is saddled with outrageous anti-social behaviour from Travellers.
I am aiming to set up an on line petition when it becomes available on the Direct Gov government site sometime in July. This allows people to show their support for this change and - if you reach 100,000 signatures - there is a pledge for the issue to be debated in Parliament. I still have to get the proposal through some Civil Servants to get the petition on line but - if this hurdle can be cleared and not blocked by some pc obsessed bureaucrat - it should be possible to build up some momentum for this change.
Keep checking this blog for updates on the campaign.
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