Mr Grumpy of Buxton says – Let there be light!

If other county councils can benefit from millions of pounds of funding towards street lighting, why can’t Buxton have its share?

I wonder if either that Tory chappy or Labour lady will be doing anything about Buxton’s street lighting when they take over the Levitt Empire?

How many more reports of muggings, knife attacks or women assaulted in the poorly lit areas of the TOWN CENTRE do we have to read before something is done? How many more Buxtonian’s will disappear at night down those dark pot holes and abandoned works on street corners?

Soon we’ll see the Buxton Tolkien Teenagers, or Orcs, who congregate on street corners, pedestrianised shopping areas or garages, in their Hobbit like hoodie attire, baseball hats and mobile phones, daring and egging-on each other to mischief and misbehave.

What better invitation then, when the town has fallen under the shadow of night and the Edwardian atmosphere beckoning the youth to go wild and commit intimidation, annoyance, vandalism and other crimes too scary to contemplate?

Street lighting is supposed to help make a safer environment, however, is Buxton, a tourism attraction virtually all year round, actually that safe at night to navigate?

I nearly broke my ankle in December on my way to the Granddaughters Nativity play! Couldn’t see the kerb properly and bang, on my backside. Felt like an idiot, but I was lucky. It could have easily been a lot worse.

Still, how long before the goons step forward citing light pollution and chapters of directive at the mere mention of extra street lighting?!

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3 Comments on "Mr Grumpy of Buxton says – Let there be light!"

Robert Agar-Hutton on Fri, 26th Feb 2010 1:19 pm

I didn’t realise that there were TWO Buxton’s in Derbyshire… I live in one where people are friendly and the vast majority of teenagers are polite and well behaved.

Of course good street lighting is a useful thing to have for all sorts of reasons and I agree with that – but calling people ‘Orcs’ is way out of line…

D Salt on Wed, 10th Mar 2010 7:18 pm

Lighting in Buxton could be better.

Stephen Ross on Sat, 13th Mar 2010 12:38 pm

Mr Agar Hutton must live in a different Buxton to me! I read about youth related crime reports in the local paper quite regularly!

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