Blackpool Council issues ban along promenade
manchestereveningnews.co.ukNew powers are set to be implemented that will prohibit the use of tents for sleeping in shop doorways and on the Promenade in Blackpool.
These measures will be incorporated into updated rules agreed by Blackpool Council to regulate behaviour in the town centre and along the seafront.
A council report reveals that following public consultation, officers "identified the need for an additional prohibition on the use of tents and other forms of camping in empty shop doorways and the Promenade." "This proposed restriction received a high level of support from members of the public during the consultation process." This comes after a full council meeting was informed that swift action had been taken to prevent 'tent cities' forming in Blackpool due to homeless people setting up encampments.
The order will also ban pedlars selling goods from trolleys on the Promenade between North Pier and Central Pier due to them causing bottlenecks on both sides of the tram track when the seafront is crowded with visitors, reports Lancs Live.
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