Angry locals have slammed travellers who 'smashed' through security bollards to camp on seafront site. It's alleged the group broke the bollards installed around Weston-super-Mare’s Beach Lawns to protect it from illegal encampments.
A group of 20-plus caravans snapped off five of the bollards installed around the lawns in order to get onto the seafront to set up camp on Friday night (June 16), It is not known how the bollards were snapped, reports Somerset Live.
The group remained on the lawns overnight on Friday before being moved on by police the following day. Nearly 700 one-metre tall wooden bollards - costing £150,000 - were installed by North Somerset Council earlier this year in a bid to stop illegal encampments on the seafront site.
