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Anger at plans to put footpath to new Caernarfon school through cemetery

Published date: 16 February 2012 |
Published by: Geraint Jones

 

RESIDENTS have expressed their anger over plans to allow pupils to walk to school along a Caernarfon cemetery path.

Protestors gathered outside Llanbeblig cemetery on Monday to voice concerns over plans to use the path at the side of the cemetery as a safe route for children to reach the new Ysgol yr Hendre building.

Maesincla resident Anwen McCarnie said that her two-year-old daughter was buried at the cemetery.

She said: “I wouldn’t want a funeral there with children passing by.

“People come here for quiet and comfort, so they don’t want children here.”

Gwynedd councillor Endaf Cooke said that residents felt they had been misled, as the application for the development did not mention that it went through the cemetery.

He said: “There’s a strong feeling in the community. The cemetery is here for loved ones and funerals.

“People want to come here and reflect and have a few minutes with those they have lost.”

Protestors were also concerned about litter and that open graves could spell danger for passing children.

A Gwynedd Council spokesman said that officers added safety measures suggested by residents to the application, which was accepted in 2010.

These included new footways, a new Toucan crossing, safety railings, using of the existing footpath that runs along the side of the cemetery and installing a new gate to access the main road.

Council officers met residents on Monday, and suggestions discussed included locking the gate which leads to the path, installing a fence parallel to the highway and supervision of the path.

The spokesman added: “The concerns raised will be carefully considered and we will continue to monitor the use of the path over the coming months.”

A public meeting is due to be held in Caernarfon today.

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  1. Posted by: ConcernedCofi at 16:34 on 15 February 2012 Report

    How silly are these people. All this was approved in June 2010, where have they been? Let me tell you this. THE PATH IS ALREADY THERE. They are not building a new path at the site. they are USING AND EXISTING ONE. How badly behaved do they think our children are? All the work implies is that a gate will be built so that the path can be closed during all other periods. AND, lets just think a bit about this. how many funerals have you seen at 3.30 and 9am. WHAT A SILLY ARGUMENT.

  2. Posted by: Lindacabbage at 09:53 on 17 February 2012 Report

    Silly people indeed,we knee nothing about this, only when a letter was sent home with the children 3 weeks ago. This was passed 2 years ago, without our knowledge A grave yard is resting place not a shortcut to the school, our loved ones should be allowed to rest in peace. apart from that a risk assesment on the graveyard needs to be done

  3. Posted by: waynehum at 13:05 on 17 February 2012 Report

    THIS IDEA OF THE PATH THROUGH THE CEMETERY IS JUST STUPID..... CAERNARFON PEOPLE ARE NOT AFRAID TO SAY HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS AND WE WILL NOT LET THEM WALK OVER US AND TREAT US LIKE S**T that my opinion and that urs @concernedcofi ur entitled 2 it

  4. Posted by: waynehum at 13:09 on 17 February 2012 Report

    THIS IDEA OF THE PATH THROUGH THE CEMETERY IS JUST STUPID..... CAERNARFON PEOPLE ARE NOT AFRAID TO SAY HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THIS AND WE WILL NOT LET THEM WALK OVER US AND TREAT US LIKE S**T that my opinion and that urs @concernedcofi ur entitled 2 it

  5. Posted by: mule01286 at 13:15 on 17 February 2012 Report

    This is true the footpath has always been there all there doing is making an opening....Anyway you lot dont think much of the caernarfon youngsters do you plus most walk with thair parents to school if you ask me you need to get a life .....

  6. Posted by: celt12 at 13:19 on 17 February 2012 Report

    whats wrong with walking your kids to school stop being lazy go round "concernedcofi" no need to go through a cemetery and yes these days some kids are very badly behaved no respect but what do you expect if this is your attitude!!!

  7. Posted by: celt12 at 13:21 on 17 February 2012 Report

    whats wrong with walking your kids to school stop being lazy go round "concernedcofi" no need to go through a cemetery and yes these days some kids are very badly behaved no respect but what do you expect if this is your attitude!!!

  8. Posted by: celt12 at 13:22 on 17 February 2012 Report

    whats wrong with walking your kids to school stop being lazy go round "concernedcofi" no need to go through a cemetery and yes these days some kids are very badly behaved no respect but what do you expect if this is your attitude!!!

  9. Posted by: mule01286 at 13:24 on 17 February 2012 Report

    This is true the footpath has always been there all there doing is making an opening....Anyway you lot dont think much of the caernarfon youngsters do you plus most walk with thair parents to school if you ask me you need to get a life .....

  10. Posted by: anwenjimmy at 13:45 on 17 February 2012 Report

    For someone to think that this path is a good idea just shows their mentality, firstly the path will not only be used at 9am and 3.30pm, what about the children that go to ysgol feithrin, they finish mid morning and the afternoon group starts early afternoon. They would be using the path!! and how likely is it that there will be a funeral THEN???? How would you feel @concernedcofi if you were buring one of you relatives and a group of small children were walking past???

  11. Posted by: mule01286 at 13:53 on 17 February 2012 Report

    This is true the footpath has always been there all there doing is making an opening....Anyway you lot dont think much of the caernarfon youngsters do you plus most walk with thair parents to school if you ask me you need to get a life .....

  12. Posted by: arlene at 13:56 on 17 February 2012 Report

    Silly people are we, I dont think so! We the people of Caernarfon voted for each individual councillor to represent us. Clear to see our councillors did not. We have voiced our concerns and ask to be herd fairly. This is 2012 we have rights.

  13. Posted by: anwenjimmy at 14:27 on 17 February 2012 Report

    For someone to think that this path is a good idea just shows their mentality, firstly the path will not only be used at 9am and 3.30pm, what about the children that go to ysgol feithrin, they finish mid morning and the afternoon group starts early afternoon. They would be using the path!! and how likely is it that there will be a funeral THEN???? How would you feel @concernedcofi if you were buring one of you relatives and a group of small children were walking past???

  14. Posted by: anwenjimmy at 15:00 on 17 February 2012 Report

    For someone to think that this path is a good idea just shows their mentality, firstly the path will not only be used at 9am and 3.30pm, what about the children that go to ysgol feithrin, they finish mid morning and the afternoon group starts early afternoon. They would be using the path!! and how likely is it that there will be a funeral THEN???? How would you feel @concernedcofi if you were buring one of you relatives and a group of small children were walking past???

  15. Posted by: mrquiz at 21:44 on 17 February 2012 Report

    Whilst some people from hendre are for this path for a safer route to the new school why cant they do like people and children from gallt y sil and maes meddyg have done for 10+years and walk round! What makes them so bloody special! What about equal rights... So why didnt the council build or plan this before? I think there must be some dodgy going ons in the council! There supposed to be there to help! Are they hell only when it suits em!

  16. Posted by: skivvygog at 10:47 on 18 February 2012 Report

    I would like to point out that this "existing path" is actually a road, used for access by hearses, especially since all recent burials are next to this road. It is also used by mourners visiting these graves, both able disabled.

  17. Posted by: MiriamJ at 20:06 on 18 February 2012 Report

    So many deluded and ill informed individuals. Why didn't you know about the safe route? The plans to create an opening are available to view at the pubic library and Gwynedd Council. You will also see councillors who were present at your silly meeting voted in favour of it.

  18. Posted by: DylanJones at 00:39 on 19 February 2012 Report

    The gate will be policed by the caretaker and locked during funerals etc. You must have such low regard for our children. Plans have been in the press and on display on the Gwynedd website, they’ve been passed by both Gwynedd and Town councils and have been discussed in the open day at Hendre. OH, I forgot, you lot who have a chip on your shoulder must be the ones who didn't bother to turn up at the time.

  19. Posted by: NOSKIPS at 13:09 on 19 February 2012 Report

    Our kids deserve the right to be safe otherwise they will be the ones filling up Llanbeblig. God forgive you all if one of our children gets killed, because you think they don't they deserve the right to be safe.

  20. Posted by: Disapointed at 14:55 on 19 February 2012 Report

    This really shouldn't even be an issue. If a child is knocked over on the way to school because you want to protect headstones then on your heads be it. Shameful that you put the dead before the living. Our kids are not animals.

 

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