Alarming to see on the horwich website it was £600 to close the road!!
http://www.nmatrmiinfo.blogspot.com/
This is a consequence of The Traffic Act, 2004.
Eventually the Police will transfer their duties for road management to the a Council Traffic Officer who can then charge events for their services, including the cost of police!
It may result in the cancellation of many road races organised by athletic Clubs who could not afford the very high fees the Councils may charge.
This is another example of the many stealth taxes introduced by the Government.
Last edited by XRunner; 12-04-2007 at 07:41 AM.
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they want to charge a 800 next year!!!!
Wonder if the council trace all the people who were put out by the road closure and split the money between them?
Didn't think so!
Last edited by Calf; 12-04-2007 at 07:38 AM.
I had a similar problem when our Council wanted to charge for use of "their" park.
I responded by indirectly charging the council (i.e. the schools) for entering the cross country event. I also made it very clear that I would be charging for our services in maintaining the park (i.e. clearing the paths). The Council eventually dropped most of their charges.
The main negotiating problem was that I was dealing with several different departments within the Council, each with their own ideas about raising revenue. It took a lengthy discussion with a Councillor before the committee causing the problem finally realised the futility about charging the public for using public facilities when the events didn't cost the Council anything.
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I know there's a petition going round to try and get the problem sorted.
The reason I drew attention to this Act was because in future the Council Traffic Officer would be responsible for providing police cover rather than the organiser.
At a recent Council meeting in Bolton the following was minuted:
At present the Police do an excellent job free of charge to help the local community. This may change in the future!Originally Posted by Bolton Council minutes
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Remember the fuss at the end of the Rivington Pike fell race vis-a-vis cost of road closure/policing putting the races future in jeopardy?
Just on the news tonight that the Horwich remembrance Day parade by veterans has had to be canceled - Health and Safety concerns (rolling roadblock used in the past), the alternative road closure/policing costs
too prohibitive......
This is my first fell race and my first time even up Rivinton Pike.
Can anybody please give me some tips for the course as i dont want to make a fool of myself by comming last or anything.
Thanks.