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TWO bollards by the Thames in Henley will be repaired after a pick-up truck driver damaged them.
Darren Baker’s Ford Ranger struck a lamppost in Thames Side, went through the two concrete posts on the pavement and plunged into the river.
He was fined and banned from driving following the incident in January.
The bollards were installed in February last year by Oxfordshire County Council, the highways authority.
It will cost £225 to repair and reinstall them. The town council’s planning committee decided that for aesthetic purposes it would be better to reuse the posts by inserting a sleeve into the bottom and welding it in place as 30cm is required below ground level.