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Privatise city streets to cut crime, says think-tank

09 November 2012
 

An extraordinary vision of a future in which town and city streets are turned into private gated communities is provided in a new report by a free market think-tank.

“Public roads have become arenas for crime and antisocial behaviour,” says the Institute of Economic Affairs. “Many forms of antisocial behaviour, such as graffiti, fly-tipping, noise from car stereos and vandalism, could be significantly reduced with private residential roads.”

Such roads could be separated...

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Head of Transport Policy & Strategy
Hertfordshire County Council
Stevenage
£81,803 progressing to £90,664
Head of Transport Policy & Strategy
Hertfordshire County Council
Stevenage
£81,803 progressing to £90,664
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