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Road closure barriers have been installed at several
sites along Coastal Drive/Kings Parade. They are like
single arm level crossing gates. Anyone have any information
on them or their purpose?

Seen them yesterday, I was wondering the same, seems the council has lots of money to spare so when they shout poverty we can give them the two finger salute.

To make it easier to close the prom when there's a high tide?

Gibbo is exactly right, they are in order to safely close the roads in the event of overtopping.

Likely to happen this end of the week with a 10.2 mtr tide forcast.

IIRC the police were there a fortnight last Saturday ready to close the road (but didn't).

I suppose if there's an order to close it would be cheaper and quicker for a single copper or council worker to go down and drop the barriers than for police to guard the roads.

Thanks for information. I wonder if they
will make them more visible if used at
night?

My thoughts entirely. You can just imagine the carnage that would be caused if a car hit one of those at high speed. Saw them today and there appears to be no provision for lighting at all for any of them.

As the speed limit along there is 30mph there should be no 'highspeed'

DOH!!! they are there to stop traffic driving down what might be a flooded road and dangerous driving conditions. If they were not there and we had the carnage of the high tide floods last year, you would all be posting "why didn't the council put up road blocks" posts.

Exactly.

Too many people enjoy the sound of their own voices. Moaning gets.

Just a thought if it is a traffic management system it needs a planning application also signage lighting ,road markings etc.

I would guess it is an effort to deter people driving on the dips.

You have obviously never met the boy racers !!!!!!!!!!

Fingers crossed they hit the barriers at a damaging speed then...

I just can't help thinking it's rather a sign of the times... the Prom. has been there for somewhere near 85 years and all of a sudden, we desperately need barriers put up, to protect people from the waves? Are we all that stupid, these days, that we need the Nanny State to "protect" us from ourselves? (don't answer that - I think I already know!)