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To: Joanna Killian Chief Executive at Essex County Council
Make Colchester Safe at night, Turn on the lights!
We want our town to be safe at night, not somewhere people are afraid to go out after midnight! Harlow council have announced their street lights are to be reinstated after less than a year out. Colchester has had two unsolved Murders in the town in this time and yet we are in the dark. A rise of just 7 pence per week on average Council tax Bills is enough to pay for their lighting.
Why is this important?
Crime, accidents,injuries and a general feeling of not being safe on our streets after midnight is not something the people of Colchester should be having to suffer, especially when we still all pay council tax but it seems to give us less and less in return.
The switching off of the lights at Midnight even has an effect on local businesses, as people going to pubs and clubs etc, are making plans to leave early so as not to be going home in the dark.
The chief executive of Essex County Council earns £210,000 a year!
