article_snippet: More than £150,000 of taxpayers’ money has been spent on four traffic-blocking bollards - that cars can drive around.
article_snippet: But city councillor Sebastian Field said city councillor Sebastian Field saw a car getting past one of the bollards, telling a meeting: ‘a car was going at quite a speed
article_snippet: Traders have also voiced concerns about emergency vehicles being delayed by the bollards - which have been jointly funded at a cost of £157,000 by the local city and county councils.
article_snippet: Up and down: Traders have voiced concerns about emergency vehicles being delayed by the bollards .
article_snippet: And last week a police car entering the zone in pursuit of a shoplifter was impaled on one of the bollards, which suddenly rose up beneath a police car entering the zone in pursuit of a shoplifter.
article_snippet: ’ Vernon Smith, cabinet member for highways and floods at the county council, said that planters either side of the bollards would be moved to reduce the gap.
article_snippet: The bollards, which began working on March 2, were installed following pedestrian safety concerns.