The City of York Council executive has voted to reverse the ban on blue badge access in certain pedestrianised areas of the city centre.
In June 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the requirement to queue outside shops, the exemption which allowed blue badge holders to park on some pedestrianised streets was temporarily removed under the previous Liberal Democrat and Green Party coalition. However, in September 2021 these changes were made permanent, which allowed a hostile vehicle mitigation measures project to be brought forward following warnings of terror risks in previous years.
You’d feel victimised and that you’re no longer welcome, marginalised in the place you call home.” But advice from security experts remains the same; the fewer cars that are in the secure zone of York, the less likely a terrorist attack using a vehicle will happen. Leader of the opposition Liberal Democrat group coun Nigel Ayre said: “The advice, and the threat, is quite clear. It was entirely wrong for members previously to claim the security risk was imagined. This was never a policy choice.
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