Vandals blighting Oswestry’s Cae Glas Park
Tuesday 23rd November 2010, 2:23PM GMT.
Oswestry’s Cae Glas Park is being blighted by vandalism, with shrubs uprooted, graffiti daubed on walls and concrete kerbstones being used as missiles.
Oswestry Town Council faces spending more than £1,500 to deal with the latest vandalism.
Members will meet this week to discuss ways of tackling the problem.
Town mayor, Councillor Elaine Channon, said she failed to understand why people wanted to ruin the pleasure of others.
Vandals have pulled up the concrete path edges that support a footpath running past the tennis courts and old rose garden in the park.
A report to councillors who make up the Cae Glas Trust, responsible for the park, says the concrete blocks have been used as missiles to cause more damage within the park.
Town council staff have also had to clean up graffiti and repaint a sign at the Welsh Walls park entrance.
And the garden for the blind, in a quiet area of the park, has also been targeted repeatedly.
Glenys Davies, facilities manager at the council, said: “The park contractor has been asked to look at planting robust, quick growing, fragrant shrubs to attempt to counteract the vandalism in that area.”
It is being recommended that £1,200 is spent removing the remaining path edges and replacing them with bricks.
It is also being recommended that almost £400 is spent planting new shrubs in the garden for the blind.
Councillor Channon said: “This tiny minority of people are ruining the park for the majority who enjoy it. I simply do not understand why people want to and seem to enjoy ruining the pleasure of others. This constant vandalism is costing an awful lot of money.”
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I thought the park had cctv.
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If the park does have CCTV it wont be monitored 24/7 i wouldnt have thought.. and unless constantly monitored the perpetrators will never be caught. Spending the money would be worth it I would think.
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Surely it has a recording system so that images can be played back. Even so, it would be difficult to identify individuals without an operator and cameras without zoom facilities.
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