Marina residents anger after plant-lined walls replaced with 'prison style' fencing

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Residents of Worcester’s Albion Mill flats are furious after housing managers replaced plant-lined walls with “prison-style” fencing to prevent boat dwellers from passing shopping over railings.  The change followed just two complaints about trespassing, but locals say it has left the picturesque Diglis Marina looking like a building site.  Narrowboat owner Tony Wass, 67, returned from holiday to find £1,000 worth of decorations removed, calling the fence “ugly beyond belief.”  The move has sparked outrage among both apartment residents and boaters, who now face a mile-long walk to transport their shopping. FirstPort has yet to comment.

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00:00Hello, I'm Tony Woss. You might remember myself and my partner from 2024 when we found out

00:11that we were having the fence raised to prevent us getting to access to our boat here in Dignas

00:16Basin. Well, it's now six months on and now you can see what's been done. This hideous

00:21temporary fence has been put up, which is very insecure now for us, apart from the fact

00:26that it is absolutely appalling to look at, and you'll see cable ties which can be cut

00:32very easily. Anyone can get onto the pontoon and onto our boats. We've had to remove all

00:37our planting, which has cost us a lot of money, and our security cameras and lights, so we

00:42are very insecure here now.

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