Travellers not expected in Skegness this weekend, council officers say - Lincolnshire

From the East Lindsey Target

Council officers say they are not expecting a repeat of the bank holiday chaos that ensued when a group of Travellers pitched up in a Skegness car park last month.

On April 18, around 70 caravans and 100 other vehicles holed-up in Princes Parade car park, where they stayed for the duration of the bank holiday.

A number of shops and hotels in the area decided to close their doors for business and a large clean-up operation was needed after the Travellers had left.

Last August the same car park was overrun with an estimated 300 members of the travelling community.

Despite a number of local business owners stating that some of the caravan owners had told them they were returning for this month’s bank holiday, ELDC say they are not expecting a repeat of the incident.

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