Seacroft Marsh Skegness Dogging
Last month we told you how the police had got involved with the Skegness Dogging issues.
This month a NEW community group has been formed to help manage the same area of dunes which has been plagued with ‘doggers’ for years.
Residents from the Seacroft area in Skegness recently attended a meeting organised by Dave Miller, coastal ranger for the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust, to help regain the area back for public use.
Mr Miller is the interim secretary and it is hoped a treasurer position will be created so the group can apply for grants to help pay for improvement works, new signage and flyers.
Mr Miller said: “The suggestion of a Friends group is a really positive way of getting volunteers helping to police the area. If the police can only get there twice a month due to resources, not a lot can be done but if more of the local populous are there, more can be done.”
Work is also starting this week on laying hedges in the Marine Avenue and Lifeboat Avenue area.
Mr Miller said: “Laying the hedges down on the path is good for the local habitat as well as making it more difficult for people to access these areas. If you lay it down it will shoot up again, blocking off some pathways down there.”
It is hoped that the improvement works will show that the area is regularly maintained and will naturally act as a deterrent to anyone wanting to use the area for sex acts.
The latest meeting heard that no further incidents have been reported, mainly due to the time of year and the weather.
Mr Miller is the interim secretary and it is hoped a treasurer position will be created so the group can apply for grants to help pay for improvement works, new signage and flyers.
Mr Miller said: “The suggestion of a Friends group is a really positive way of getting volunteers helping to police the area. If the police can only get there twice a month due to resources, not a lot can be done but if more of the local populous are there, more can be done.”
Work is also starting this week on laying hedges in the Marine Avenue and Lifeboat Avenue area.
Mr Miller said: “Laying the hedges down on the path is good for the local habitat as well as making it more difficult for people to access these areas. If you lay it down it will shoot up again, blocking off some pathways down there.”
It is hoped that the improvement works will show that the area is regularly maintained and will naturally act as a deterrent to anyone wanting to use the area for sex acts.
The latest meeting heard that no further incidents have been reported, mainly due to the time of year and the weather.