ILMINSTER NEWS: Road safety concerns over Victorian Evening

ORGANISERS of this year’s Victorian Evening are looking at recruiting more marshals to help ensure that festive revellers are kept safe.

It comes following news that a number of motorists ignored the road closure signs in East Street during last year’s Victorian Evening in November - an event which each year  heralds the start of the countdown to Christmas in Ilminster and attracts several thousand people into the town centre.

Members of Ilminster Chamber of Commerce are concerned and said during their recent meeting on March 9, 2016, that they will look to have in place marshals to stop motorists ignoring the road closure signs.

A report of the Chamber meeting by Cllr Rob Drayton, who is Ilminster Town Council’s representative on the group, said: “Some motorists drove through the crowds in the town centre before the road had re-opened, while one road sign was destroyed by a vehicle driving over it.

“The Chamber is looking into how they can arrange marshals in time for this year’s event.”

Cllr Drayton’s report will go before Ilminster Town Council at its meeting tonight (Tuesday, March 22, 2016).

PHOTOS - ABOVE: A few photos from last year's Victorian Evening in Ilminster which coincides with the switching-on of the Christmas Lights.

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