Councils ???????

[Fisherman]

Spend 10 mins googling the council contact details and get emailing the council , tell them that spending money on Aires would bring money to their local economy .

There you go first part done.

Contact us

www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk

 

[Fazerloz]

There you go first part done.

Contact us

www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk

Crack on with it then. If you want to.

 

[Fisherman]

Crack on with it then. If you want to.

I have done so already, just trying to be helpful.

 

[Fisherman]

Dear sir/madam,

I read with interest your attempt to improve facilities for travellers to your area with the installation of barbecues. It’s been reported that ten of these cost £106,000. Whilst I think any attempt to improve facilities is laudable, for a much smaller amount of money you could have improved facilities for those who wish to park their motorhomes for overnight stays in your area. And these facilities should prove to be self financing by charging for there use. Obviously there would be limits placed upon their use, with the criteria for such limits being decided by the BCP council. Those in motorhomes although small in numbers do tend to spend more per capita than people who arrive in much greater numbers in cars.
There is an organisation who could offer excellent advice and cooperation if you wished to look into the matter they are CAMpRA and can be contact at https://campra.org.uk/
I wish BCP council all the best with their improvement programme for visitors, but as Motorhome users make up a tiny minority, I hope you attempt to do likewise for us.

Regards

 

[Ladyfreespirit]

I know were the money came from to pay for this stupidity.
From the fines they dished out to Motorhome owners for daring to park overnight in otherwise empty carparks.
You have read of a project to cater for day trippers that will do nothing for local businesses other than for them to sell less food to these day trippers.
Now read how Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole (BCP) view us.

Council to clamp down on car park sleeping after campers spotted (with fines up to £70)

BCP Council have warned tourists about parking fines after people have been spotted staying in the council owned car parks overnight.

www.bournemouthecho.co.uk

Well it seems fair enough, the money has too come from somewhere.

There are “Fears” about campers and they have to “catch them”???? Wow, I’ve always wanted to be on the FBI Most Wanted List. Dangerous person, do not approach, may try to park somewhere Unauthorised.

 

[Ladyfreespirit]

My

This article is over a year old and was written during lockdown when everyone had to sleep at home.

van Is my home

 

[Robmac]

There are “Fears” about campers and they have to “catch them”???? Wow, I’ve always wanted to be on the FBI Most Wanted List. Dangerous person, do not approach, may try to park somewhere Unauthorised.

You may achieve getting on a councils most unwanted list.

 

[Rolyan57]

My

van Is my home

But for the vast majority it isn’t. They’re the ones they were targeting, the ones who were ignoring the “stay at home”. The article should be seen for what it was, a criticism last year of those who were selfish enough to ignore covid rules and guidelines, not an attack on Motorhome’s.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

full of spyware/adds and linux blocked the script.
Just when I wanted to read it.

Here ya go Trev.


A council that spent more than £100,000 on public barbecues has been forced to close some for deep cleans after just 10 days.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) council began setting up 10 electric cooking stations along a seven-mile seafront promenade in Bournemouth at the end of July.

Councilors believed the project would be a ‘real investment’ as they had ‘seen it work in Australia’.

Locals were expected to clean the barbecues after use – but so much filth built up on three of them on Branksome beach, they had to be closed down for deep cleans.




Many have slammed the project as a waste of money, with Liberal Democrat councillor Vikki Slade calling it a ‘vanity project’ and an ‘absolute farce’.



She said: ‘We are not Australia. This is Bournemouth. The money could have been so much better spent on other projects which are needed, not something nobody wanted.

‘Whether or not the people who are using them are cleaning them or not, these fat containers need to be emptied daily by the council.

‘I’ve spoken out about this project from the start. Who is going to bring a scrubber and detergent with them to a beach?’

Ms Slade added that no thought had been given to whether vegetarians or Muslims would be comfortable using the barbecues after they were used to cook meat.

Each barbecue is made of ‘corrosion-resistant, low maintenance stainless steel’ (Picture: BNPS)

The council planned for people to clean up the grills after using them (Picture: BNPS)
Each barbecue cost around £10,000, meaning all ten used £106,000 of taxpayers’ money.

Local Chris Cummings joked: ‘£10k for a BBQ. They’ve been mugged off, mine was £40 from Argos!’

Neighbour Dan Rooke said: ‘At what point can us taxpayers sue the council for negligent waste of money?’

Meanwhile, Carol Masterman questioned how the council ever expected their plan to work out.

She posted: ‘Is our council really surprised at this. People don’t take their rubbish away from the beach so expect that they will clean a bbq?’

When the cookers were installed, council leader Drew Mellor said: ‘We ask people to clean them afterwards, but our seafront officers will also check them as part of their patrols.’

The BCP has apologised after the barbecues were closed down ‘for a few days’, noting they are now open again.

The spokesperson said: ‘We apologise for the fact that the three beach barbecues at Branksome Chine were closed for a few days.



‘This was due to staffing issues but they are now fully operational. A further seven electric barbecues will be opening soon at Fisherman’s Walk and east of Bournemouth Beach.’

 

[trevskoda]

Mad as a box of frogs, next they will be putting in hard standing for self contained campervans.

 

[ricc]

Here ya go Trev.


A council that spent more than £100,000 on public barbecues has been forced to close some for deep cleans after just 10 days.

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) council began setting up 10 electric cooking stations along a seven-mile seafront promenade in Bournemouth at the end of July.

Councilors believed the project would be a ‘real investment’ as they had ‘seen it work in Australia’.

Locals were expected to clean the barbecues after use – but so much filth built up on three of them on Branksome beach, they had to be closed down for deep cleans.




Many have slammed the project as a waste of money, with Liberal Democrat councillor Vikki Slade calling it a ‘vanity project’ and an ‘absolute farce’.







She said: ‘We are not Australia. This is Bournemouth. The money could have been so much better spent on other projects which are needed, not something nobody wanted.

‘Whether or not the people who are using them are cleaning them or not, these fat containers need to be emptied daily by the council.

‘I’ve spoken out about this project from the start. Who is going to bring a scrubber and detergent with them to a beach?’

Ms Slade added that no thought had been given to whether vegetarians or Muslims would be comfortable using the barbecues after they were used to cook meat.

Each barbecue is made of ‘corrosion-resistant, low maintenance stainless steel’ (Picture: BNPS)

The council planned for people to clean up the grills after using them (Picture: BNPS)
Each barbecue cost around £10,000, meaning all ten used £106,000 of taxpayers’ money.

Local Chris Cummings joked: ‘£10k for a BBQ. They’ve been mugged off, mine was £40 from Argos!’

Neighbour Dan Rooke said: ‘At what point can us taxpayers sue the council for negligent waste of money?’

Meanwhile, Carol Masterman questioned how the council ever expected their plan to work out.

She posted: ‘Is our council really surprised at this. People don’t take their rubbish away from the beach so expect that they will clean a bbq?’

When the cookers were installed, council leader Drew Mellor said: ‘We ask people to clean them afterwards, but our seafront officers will also check them as part of their patrols.’

The BCP has apologised after the barbecues were closed down ‘for a few days’, noting they are now open again.

The spokesperson said: ‘We apologise for the fact that the three beach barbecues at Branksome Chine were closed for a few days.



‘This was due to staffing issues but they are now fully operational. A further seven electric barbecues will be opening soon at Fisherman’s Walk and east of Bournemouth Beach.’

does that confirm that only 3 of the 10 have actually been in use....7 to open soon. ie all of the open ones have had to be closed for cleaning ?

 

[trevskoda]

Just look what happens when public loos are opened, human waste up walls, writing over doors, toilets blocked, locks smashed, taps smashed or left running, hand towels all over the floor, and juicy lucy getting hammered in a cubical, day or two later they have to be closed for a refit, I have been into the new stainless steel auto mens urinals to find a Richard the third steaming away on the floor grill in Newcastle Co Down.

 

[Tezza33]

Just look what happens when public loos are opened, human waste up walls, writing over doors, toilets blocked, locks smashed, taps smashed or left running, hand towels all over the floor, and juicy lucy getting hammered in a cubical, day or two later they have to be closed for a refit, I have been into the new stainless steel auto mens urinals to find a Richard the third steaming away on the floor grill in Newcastle Co Down.

The public loos around here are clean, they did find a Richard the third under a carpark though