'Council vandalism' charge over Fair Green NAAS 02 April 2003: Naas Town Council is guilty of 'vandalism' on the Fair Green according to one of its own councillors, who is asking questions about who exactly is running the town - the officials or the elected council? "The work has now taken in a huge chunk of the Fair Green," says Cllr Charlie Byrne, who raised the issue on KNN over the weekend after it became clear that the 'building of a few car spaces' on a turnaround area formerly used by the Fire Brigade was taking in an area far wider than the original turnaround. "It is deeper on the slope side facing Swans by at least 20 feet," he said. "And in course of the work, they've also wrecked the tarmacadam path used by many people as a short cut across the green. Now mothers pushing buggies will have to use the footpath down by the road." Cllr Byrne is also querying the removal of the 12 concrete bollards on the roadway up to the old Fire Station, and is concerned that this may also be in preparation for more of a 'creeping takeover' of the Fair Green, which town officials are on record as wishing to turn into a car park. The current work may provide up to 30 spaces, according to some reports.
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