Tethered horse issue delay

9:25am Monday 4th March 2013 in News

COUNCILLORS in York are set to defer consideration of a proposed new protocol to tackle the problem of tethered horses on roadside verges until early April in order that a decision can be made at a full cabinet meeting.

City of York Council is planning measures after a spate of accidents in the past year on roads on the eastern side of York, caused by horses breaking free and running into the path of vehicles.

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Pete the Brickie says...
9:41am Mon 4 Mar 13

Hopefully nobody will die before our council and its partner organisation North Yorkshire Police find the time to put a simple procedure in place to deal with this. A bit of cutting and pasting to the one they use to deal with badly parked or untaxed cars owned by people who live lawfully in houses and pay council tax along with about a hundredth of the effort and resources they put into that non lethal threat to public safety should surfice really.

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bob the builder says...
9:53am Mon 4 Mar 13

Pete the Brickie wrote:
Hopefully nobody will die before our council and its partner organisation North Yorkshire Police find the time to put a simple procedure in place to deal with this. A bit of cutting and pasting to the one they use to deal with badly parked or untaxed cars owned by people who live lawfully in houses and pay council tax along with about a hundredth of the effort and resources they put into that non lethal threat to public safety should surfice really.
... badly parked cars get no enforcement action in York, bin crews regularly have long walks or give up as they can't get down streets and the police have told me directly there is nothing they can do. Protocol is another local government word for inaction, horse 'owners' have nothing to fear in the future.

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bolero says...
10:09am Mon 4 Mar 13

So the horse owners have won. No doubt the debate will take place on April 1st.

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Older Sometimes Wiser says...
1:46pm Mon 4 Mar 13

"Perhaps a letter or email to the new Police & Crime Commissioner would do the trick?" or not!

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bjb says...
2:28pm Mon 4 Mar 13

Older Sometimes Wiser wrote:
"Perhaps a letter or email to the new Police & Crime Commissioner would do the trick?" or not!
Who or what are they?

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Older Sometimes Wiser says...
4:00pm Mon 4 Mar 13

bjb wrote:
Older Sometimes Wiser wrote:
"Perhaps a letter or email to the new Police & Crime Commissioner would do the trick?" or not!
Who or what are they?
Recently elected Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire, Julia Mulligan,
see :
http://www.northyork
shire-pcc.gov.uk/ind
ex.aspx?articleid=10
724.

She has just published her Crime Plan ( see link on website) and I know that she is aware of the tethered horse issue.

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Sillybillies says...
4:44pm Mon 4 Mar 13

... badly parked cars get no enforcement action in York, bin crews regularly have long walks or give up as they can't get down streets and the police have told me directly there is nothing they can do.

Utter rubbish and something else for Julia Mulligan to kick bottom about. A new chief constable ASAP from a proper police force would be a good idea!

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powerwatt says...
6:04pm Mon 4 Mar 13

I went to a meeting the beginning of last year and they pushed it forward to the next meeting then.

How many meetings do they push it forward onto before someone can man up and actually decide on something?

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