Council employs a security firm to guard the new travellers' site

Anglia
Colchester
Severalls Lane
Essex County Council
Tuesday 17 April 2012 at 5:24am

Security firm employed to guard new travellers' site Credit: ITV Anglia

Essex County Council has employed a security firm to guard the new travellers' site in Colchester from illegal occupiers. Families moved onto the £1.9m site in Severalls Lane last week. The council's using a government grant to employ two security guards and their guard dogs 24 hours a day.

County Councillor John Jowers, Cabinet Member for Communities and Planning, said:

Essex County Councillor John Jowers, Cabinet Member for Communities and Planning said: