Barriers 'should remain' around Portsmouth monument

30/07/2009

Barriers around Portsmouth's Trafalgar monument should not be taken down as the council is planning to do, it has been claimed.

Local historian Jane Smith, of Grove Road South in Southsea, told Portsmouth News that it "would be a disgrace" if there were no protective railings around the monument.

She asserted that the site "is supposed to be a place of reflection" and she has seen children climbing over the monument since temporary barriers were implemented at the site.

According to the newspaper, the council removed railings around the anchor to place the barriers in, which it is now looking to remove.

"This seems to be yet another attempt to change something that should be left for future generations," Ms Smith said.

She added that planners have not revealed how much it would cost to install new railings around the structure.

In other council news, the Portsmouth local authority recently revealed some of the ideas that were expressed at the shaping Southsea event that took place in April.

A pavilion, which may feature gates, was one of the talking points at the event.