He has extended the shoppers parking initiative at Ann Place until the new year, and changed the payment system at Sand Street.

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The system can sanitise the waste of ten people in two hours, leaving only sand and fresh(ish) water behind.

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The gates which were used to keep the channels clear of sand and silt were removed and buried when the National Rivers Authority replaced the gates with a new flood protection system in 1981.

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