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A bollard has been sent tumbling in Fishergate
Posted on - 1st February, 2019 - 8:20pm | Author - Ed Walker | Posted in - Preston City Centre, Preston News, Roads, Transport
One of the Fishergate Bollard’s family has been skittled.
AdvertisementDuring Thursday (31 January) another of the stone plinths was sent tumbling.
A driver hit the bollard which is just in Corporation Street as you come up to Fishergate.
The original bollard is currently missing in action but now another of the ‘street scene features’ has gone tumbling.
Linda Mansley found the bollard sheltering near KutchenHaus, the German kitchen company, in Fishergate.
Read more: New survey claims Preston city centre is on the up
Each bollard costs around £300 to replace each time, uncovered by a Freedom of Information by Blog Preston to Lancashire County Council.
The pithy plinth has amassed more than 3,000 Twitter followers and had a cheeky tweet to go with its fellow concrete structure’s demise.#
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