More lighting for Worksop parks to make residents feel safer at night
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A total of five new lights, paid for by national Safer Streets funding secured by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Nottinghamshire, have been set up along the pathway behind the Aurora Centre that links Worksop Library with The Canch.
The council will also upgrade several existing lights in the Memorial Gardens, The Canch, and along Church Walk (between Bridge Place and the Memorial Gardens), a popular route between the town centre and residential areas in the south of Worksop. An additional light will be installed on Chapel Walk to help improve the safety of people using these routes, particularly women and girls.
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Hide AdCouncillor Julie Leigh, Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods at the council said: “This is the latest in a series of measures we are proud to introduce to make Worksop’s streets safer, especially for women and girls.
“We hope that improved and additional lighting along popular routes in and out of the town centre will boost confidence and the feeling of safety for people using them. Increased visibility will also act as a deterrent to crime and anti-social behaviour.
“Using Safer Streets funding, this project adds to the measures we have already put in place including Refuge Point safety cameras, Safer Streets Wardens and the upgrading of CCTV.
This latest initiative has been introduced after the police and crime commissioner Caroline Henry secured £3 million of Safer Streets funding from the Home Office in July for projects across the county that will help tackle neighbourhood crime and anti-social behaviour, as well as violence against women and girls.
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Hide AdWorksop is benefitting from a share of £750,000 of this latest round of money, which has also paid for Safer Streets Wardens in the Town Centre and training for staff in licensed premises to help tackle violence against women and girls.
Mrs Henry said: “These new lights will not only increase safety but also people’s feelings of safety, which is just as important.