Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
Hastings DC
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They design and construct an underpass in an adjacent but discreet location so that the use of the Heretaunga Street pedestrian level crossings can be discontinued and an effective barrier erected to prevent access to the rail track by young children.
Reply Text
Constructing an underpass as per your recommendation would not prevent people crossing the rail track unless there was a permanent barrier preventing all pedestrian access. This would effectively split the town in half and would be totally unacceptable to the community and the businesses involved in retailing on both sides of Heretaunga Street. Furthermore, we believe an underpass would be a rather dangerous place which would Harbour undesirable elements of our society, with many people not wishing to use it anyway if they could possibly avoid doing so. We have major problems in the inner city areas at present with vandalism, urinating in shop doorways, and other filth, which shopkeepers have to often face when they open up in the mornings. We therefore consider that an underpass is not a realistic proposal.
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