Bluff shopping centre boom gates cause traffic congestion
Bluff resident, Duncan du Bois voices his opinion about the recent boom gates installed at Bluff Hillside Mall.
EDITOR – Ever since the management of this centre had electronically operated booms erected, traffic congestion has occurred both within the parking grounds, but more particularly at the Grays Inn Road entrance.
The boom system does not issue a ticket as is the case at other such electronically controlled entrances. Therefore, there is zero security reasoning behind the erection of those booms and their purpose is entirely futile and unnecessary.
Although I have personally complained to the management about this, their attitude is one of indifference.
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Therefore, in terms of the traffic congestion which occurs at the Grays Inn Road entrance, which at times impedes the free flow of traffic past the entrance, I have asked Metro Police to prevail upon the Bluff Hillside Mall centre management to remove the booms.
Further to my initial letter, the former Bluff CPF chairperson, Andy Rossell, informed me that the booms at Bluff Hillside Mall facilitate security camera surveillance and have been instrumental in the apprehension of three vehicles involved in criminal activity.
While one appreciates the purpose of the cameras, to alleviate the congestion that the boom sequences are causing, I suggest the following:
Replace the booms with sets of speed humps. They will slow vehicles down sufficiently to enable the cameras to record vehicle passage while reducing the inconvenience of congestion.
DR DUNCAN DU BOIS
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