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NEW laws could make traveller encampments a thing of the past.

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CALLS have been made for better protection for Colchester’s open spaces after travellers pitched up at three different sites in one day. A group of about 20 caravans first arrived at Colchester Rugby Club, in Mill Road, on Thursday evening. Essex Police were called to the scene but the caravans remained at the site into Friday morning. Travellers at Colchester Rugby Club Colchester Council was made aware and began the process of attempting to move them on in time for scheduled events to take place at the club over the weekend. The travellers left the site at around 11.30am on ...

TIGHTER speed restrictions are set to be introduced on a busy road and the surrounding residential streets in Colchester in a bid to increase safety and boost sustainable transport use. Essex County Council is consulting on plans to reduce the speed limit to 20mph along most of Mill Road as well as 25 nearby residential streets in Highwoods. County Hall says the move will “improve the pedestrian environment” and air quality, whilst also helping reduce the number of crashes in Mill Road, which has become an accident hotspot since 2017. Highwoods councillor Gerard Oxford said the mo...