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Taxi marshals could be brought in to tackle rowdy revellers who cause trouble in taxi queues late at night. Two SIA trained mar- shals could be based at the Queen’s Monu- ment in Maidstone town centre on Satur- day nights, if funding can be found.
The idea was mooted two years ago by Town Centre Management but now police have become the driving force behind the scheme. If Saturday cover is successful, they hope to extend the scheme to cover Friday nights as well. Insp Dave Coleman, of the Maidstone town
centre policing unit, said although the scheme was still in the planning stage, mar- shals had been recruited from door staff at nearby Muggle- tons Inn. The scheme could be funded jointly by the council, TCM, police and taxi drivers. He told the Kent Mes- senger: “The idea would be to have two marshals at the town centre rank, to ensure that everyone follows queue etiquette and that there is no surge when a taxi arrives. “This is a fantastic scheme which is being used in many towns across the country and we hope to adopt
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“Although we are still in the early stages and the project is subject to finding funding, I hope that this will be up and running in the next couple of weeks.” Dennis Conyon, chair- man of the Maidstone Taxi Proprietors’ Asso- ciation and director of the National Taxi Asso- ciation, said: “Any- thing that cuts down the criminal element is obviously a good thing. Both the public and drivers will feel reassured by them, as it cuts down the possi- bility of trouble.”
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WALSALL MARSHAL SCHEME IS ON HOLD
The relaunch of a taxi marshal scheme in Walsall town centre remains on hold. Interested parties have been sought to help revive the scheme which was designed to help cut down on booze-fuelled violence at weekends, but council chiefs admit that no one has been found to fund it.
It ended in March last year when money came to an end and cash-strapped Walsall
Council was unwilling to finance it.
Cllr Zahid Ali, cabinet member for communi- ties and partnerships, told the Walsall Chron- icle: “The initiative, which proved very popular with visitors and revellers, was funded by the Home Office. Unfortunately, the funding for the scheme was with- drawn. “We will continue to keep on the lookout for interested parties
who may wish to dis- cuss funding oppor- tunities to rekindle the scheme, but at the moment there’s not much more we can do.”
The scheme went on trial in 2007 on Friday and Saturday nights. It was reintroduced in Christmas 2008 after a grant was received. The scheme operated at taxi ranks in Lich- field Street and Bradford Place and was hailed a success.
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Taxi drivers have objected angrily to proposals which could force them to pay an extra annual bill to finance marshals who will keep order among queues of drunken revellers waiting for a ride home on Friday and Saturday nights. Sheffield’s city centre management team has put forward pro- posals to extend a taxi marshal scheme which has been used during the festive peri- od. But if the idea is approved it will cost around £33,000 - a charge which city cen- tre manager David Parker says should be met by the 857 hack- ney carriage drivers who use the ranks in Sheffield, leading to a bill of around £40 each.
Hafeas Rehman, chair-
man of Sheffield’s Taxi Trade Association, said his members would be “extremely angry” to be faced with another bill on top of the £155 a year they are already charged for their council licence.
Mr Rehman told the Yorkshire Post: “We will not stand for any further charges and although I had heard that this was an idea the city centre man- agement team had been talking about I did not realise it was a proposal which had gone this far.
“If the council do agree to bringing in this charge on our drivers we will be tak- ing action. We have co-operated with the taxi marshals which have been used at Christmas time
because that is what the council wanted us to do.
“But we simply do not need them throughout the year because there really aren’t enough people in town to warrant having marshals on the ranks. Even on a busy Satur- day night people only have to wait about 15 minutes for a cab. “If the city centre man- ager can find a budget from somewhere else for the marshals then so be it.
“Maybe he could find the cost out of his own wages instead of ask- ing us to do that at a time when everybody is struggling to make a living.”
Sheffield Council’s licensing committee will make the ultimate decision over whether to levy the charge.
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