A protection order is set to be issued in an attempt to stop illegal car meets near a large industrial estate. Police were called to a gathering of drivers in Mile End Road, a residential street that stretches past Colwick Country Park towards Colwick Industrial Estate, on the evening of Saturday, February 18, following reports from neighbours of noise as drivers gathered there to race their cars.
But local councillors and residents say that it isn't the first time it has happened. According to them, motorists have been meeting up most Saturdays, causing "an absolute nuisance" by "racing" their vehicles up and down the nearby streets and up to the nearby roundabout.
Gedling Borough Council is now drawing up a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO), powers to stop such activity from happening in the future. The car meets form part of wider problems in the area, with concerns having been raised with speeding on the nearby A612 Colwick Loop Road and the new Colliery Way access road, north east of Mile End Road.
