Not surprised that a local meeting to discuss a proposed road closure scheme descended into chaos, Police called, fire alarm pulled, meeting cancelled on Police advice. Despite disruption of previous schemes, lack of evidence of effectiveness the council did not read the room.

People were already angry that for 30 years traffic has been displaced from affluent areas onto peripheral streets, so this was never going to be received as an "early consultation", especially when people most directly impacted by the scheme were not notified.

Opening with "well disabled people might have to get out of their cars" is also never a good opener.

As one old dear said to me "How much is this costing? There are people struggling because of cuts and this is just a waste."