End in sight to row over leisure centre speed humps

From: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK) | Date: March 20, 2007 | Copyright information

Roads bosses may have come up with a solution to end a row over unauthorised speed humps at a north-east town's leisure centre.

A series of traffic-calming measures were installed outside the Fraserburgh complex by staff who wanted to curb speeding motorists using the car park, but because the humps were installed without permission, officials at Aberdeenshire Council recommended enforcement action to be taken against leisure centre management to get them removed.

Local councillors said that the leisure centre staff should talk with roads chiefs to try and reach a compromise, and now a plan ...

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