A neighbour fears drivers speeding through gaps in the Victoria Embankment's barriers could 'flatten' someone unless something is done. Gary Brown, 60, who lives next to Trent Bridge, has said the drivers moving barriers and speeding through the closed Victoria Embankment are putting lives at risk.
Following a trial period and public consultation, the city council decided to progress with plans to permanently close Victoria Embankment to through traffic in 2021, aiming to make the park a "safer, more attractive environment" for people to enjoy. But Mr Brown, who has lived nearby for decades, has said the existing closure measures fail to discourage some motorists, who move the sign in-between the planters and speed through.
"You have cars driving straight through at 40 miles an hour in an area that is supposed to be safe and only for pedestrians and cyclists," Mr Brown said. "Members of the public, including myself, have had to keep putting the barriers back in place - the planters were only recently put in but there is still a massive gap that cars can shoot through if they just move the sign.
