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Oswestry cabbies call for marshals amid fresh trouble fears
Wednesday 18th January 2012, 10:59AM GMT.
Cabbies in Oswestry today called for the return of the town’s taxi marshals amid concerns that there could be an increase in late-night trouble.
The marshalling scheme, which helped revellers off the streets and into taxis at night, was launched last year in Willow Street in a bid to reduce anti-social behaviour and create a better atmosphere in the town.
The marshals operated every Friday and Saturday from 11.30pm until 3.30am, but the scheme was axed at the end of December due to a lack of funding.
Today Mark Higgins, of Oswestry Taxi Association, said that he had received an e-mail telling him that the marshals would no longer be on the streets.
He said: “The drivers want them to stay there. Why can they get funding in Shrewsbury when they only have 30 taxis and not in Oswestry which has more taxis? The drivers felt safe with the marshals. We have put in a request for them to come back.”
Councillor Steve Charmley, Shropshire Council cabinet member for licensing, said: “We were pleased to secure funding to run the taxi marshalling schemes in Oswestry and Shrewsbury for the latter half of 2011, and both schemes came to an end at the end of 2011.
“The funding has now run its course so we are actively looking for alternative sources of funding to run the schemes again in the future.
“I know the marshalling was very popular both in Oswestry and Shrewsbury.”
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