Responding to complaints from people in Kelly Gardens, the council said it was designed to house utility services and not for pedestrians. A spokesman said its hard surface was "clearly causing confusion".
The council spokesman said the 1m (3ft) wide strip had a hard surface to stop it being destroyed. "In our experience where service margins have had turf coverings, they get destroyed by car wheels etc and we advise developers accordingly.
"The light column is the last thing to go in, so there are limited options as to where it can be placed. The road was designed to be a ‘shared surface’ so pedestrians would use the road not the service strip.”
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Milton Keynes council would not, I assume, want to be sued when a pedestrian gets knocked down when using their "shared surface" road. They should get their heads out of their backsides and move into the real world.
I've lived in a street with a shared surface for 15 years. Kids play the full width of the street and cars are obliged to drive at walking pace. No-one has been knocked down.
This article in the Milton Keynes Citizen is another example of right-wing council bashing which seeks to legitimise privatisation and commercialisation of public utilities by such corporate monsters as Serco.
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