Fence finally installed at Nelson 'death' car park

10:30am Tuesday 15th January 2013 in News Photograph of the Author By Tyrone Marshall, Reporter

LONG-OVERDUE New safety fencing at the Pendle Rise car park which Coun Eileen Ansar (below) has campaigned for. Far left, the fencing in close-up LONG-OVERDUE New safety fencing at the Pendle Rise car park which Coun Eileen Ansar (below) has campaigned for. Far left, the fencing in close-up

SUICIDE-proof fencing has been installed at a Nelson car park after a long campaign to make the site safer.

Campaigners have been calling for fencing at the Pendle Rise car park for at least three years, but now mesh fences have been erected at all levels of the multi-storey, in Netherfield Road.

Coun Eileen Ansar, who led the calls for fencing, said it was a long-overdue victory. She said: “This is what everybody has wanted to happen – fencing on all floors of the car park.

“It is exactly what we campaigned long and hard for.

“It might have taken a while to come to fruition but it will be worth it for every life saved, which is the most important thing. I’m pleased that this action has now been taken and that the car park has been made a safer place.”

Renewed calls for the erection of fencing were made in January last year after Ian Nutter, 65, from Barnoldswick, fell to his death from the car park roof.

The keen sportsman was the eighth person to die by falling from the car park in the past 10 years.

One person was also left paralysed and a further 18 people were ‘talked down’ by police negotiators during that period.

Plans for the security fencing were first considered in November 2010 when the council’s executive committee earmarked £40,000 to implement the scheme.

But that came to nothing after the shopping centre went into administration.

Comments(15)

Izanears says...
11:02am Tue 15 Jan 13

So that leaves the railway line and the canal to fence off does it.

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Colne lads back says...
11:11am Tue 15 Jan 13

Looking at the photo I think they can still get over the fence Doh

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brian jones says...
11:43am Tue 15 Jan 13

It won't save any lives. If someone is determined, they're not going to be put off by a fence. They'll go somewhere else.

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barlicker says...
12:31pm Tue 15 Jan 13

Eileen- looking at that photo- you're massive!

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lancashirelass100 says...
3:23pm Tue 15 Jan 13

The lot should be demolished!

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ROBERTSLUMDWELLER123 says...
5:00pm Tue 15 Jan 13

great now they can jump on to the motor way and kill an innocent motorist,smart move pendle council morons,and who is this 'everyone' mentioned who wanted this fence??? i didnt and dont know anybody who wanted it!!!

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dinger123 says...
6:17pm Tue 15 Jan 13

as abovei if somebody wants to kill themselves theres plenty of other high structures they can jump from what a waste of money.

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katy121 says...
8:01pm Tue 15 Jan 13

It's a real pity Eileen you didn't try the fence just to make sure it was safe!!

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HairyBowls says...
8:18pm Tue 15 Jan 13

Coun Ansar getting a cheap headline here...the stack is next to a viaduct, so it cures nothing. Someone determined would snip a hole anywat with a pair of pliers from the poundshop! The Hollywood sign in the states has seen far more suicides, yet they wouldnt dream of doing this fruitless action...yet another example of low intelligence among pendle councillors...

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shop workers united! says...
9:22pm Tue 15 Jan 13

No mention of slick for once!

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HairyBowls says...
10:20pm Tue 15 Jan 13

The pictures caption should read "which one is known as the stack?” lol

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jaffa90 says...
11:08pm Tue 15 Jan 13

ROBERTSLUMDWELLER123 wrote:
great now they can jump on to the motor way and kill an innocent motorist,smart move pendle council morons,and who is this 'everyone' mentioned who wanted this fence??? i didnt and dont know anybody who wanted it!!!
I agree with ROBERT,quaker bridge fence over the M65 is about hip high.

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katy121 says...
1:20am Wed 16 Jan 13

Trust Pendle Labour to steel someone's hard work. If you look back though the head lines in the Nelson leader on this subject you will find that it was one of the victims family that campaigned HARD for this cause NOT Eileen Ansar. I am fed up with Pendle Labour jumping on the bandwagon & stealing the thunder off good people who are trying to make a difference in pendle.
A note to Pendle Labour try and think of your own campaign instead of robbing other people's hard work

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travel happy wanderer says...
10:24am Wed 16 Jan 13

My brother and another man stopped a woman jumping of scotland rd motorway bridge a few weeks ago and held on to her until police came are they going to fence all bridges off. If a person wants to commit suicide they will go else where this won't stop them.

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Philip A Berry says...
12:52pm Wed 16 Jan 13

shop workers united! wrote:
No mention of slick for once!
There is now!

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