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Enfield Council should drop its blanket plan to leave parks unlocked at night

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Roger Downes
10 years ago

I suspect leaving the parks open at night will encourage more anti social behavior.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

The antisocial behaviour and vandalism which would be inevitable from having parks open 24 hours will end up costing the council more to rectify in the long run

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Paul Mandel
11 years ago

Keeping gates open is a vandals' charter

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Ron Tabor
11 years ago

This is just irresponsible.

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Ben van Koningsveld
11 years ago

Leaving the gates unlocked will encourage crime and anti-social behaviour.

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Philip Bonn
11 years ago

Its a ridulous decision. Of course it will cost more than it will

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Susan Cook
11 years ago

Enfield parks are the gems in the borough. Leaving the. Unlocked at night will make them vulnerable to vandalism and open to abuse.

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Ardy bricknell
11 years ago Featured

The parks should be locked up at night. Keeping the open will only result in anti social behaviour, crime and the destruction of the much loved parks like Bury Lodge. This park is taken care of by volunteers whom give up their time and effort to make it look amazing.

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Erin celebi
11 years ago

Parks left open will invite all sorts of untoward behaviour which will end up costing the council much more than it will save.

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Jonathan V
11 years ago

Cost cutting exercise ignoring problems it will cause

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Ruby Galili
11 years ago

It helps to prevent some of the vandalism

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Mark Casey
11 years ago

Nob body uses the park at night time. Don’t be so silly and rethink.

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Paul Dick
11 years ago

This is a short sighted decision that will cost more in the long term due to repairs to the park caused by Anti-Social Behaviour. Parks will then in turn be unwelcome and unpleasant places to visit.

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Neil Shepherd
11 years ago

It would be the wrong decision to leave the parks open all night. Any hoped-for savings would almost certainly be more then wiped out by costs associated with vandalism, etc.

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Elaine Twitchin
11 years ago

Parks should be locked for 12 hours and open for 12 irrespective of the time of year. This would give maximum access to park users including runners.

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Pauline Nutkins
11 years ago Featured

Parks will once again become a night playground for yobbos if they are not locked. We do not wish to return to the mayhem that we suffered for 17 years with ASB just behind our back gardens in Aldersbrook

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Phil
11 years ago

Such a bad idea, all for the sake of trying to save a few quid.

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Linda Miller
11 years ago

it's difficult to see how this decision could have been reached if a proper risk analysis had been undertaken. More money will be lost due to vandalism than will be saved.

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Nalin
11 years ago

let the kids enjoy

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Robert Hughes
11 years ago

does not make financial sense .it will cost more to put right in the long run.