Help me tackle street drinking in Roehampton

As I wrote about a few days ago here, one of the problems with the centre of Roehampton is the street drinkers who hang around throughout the day, outside the library and post office.

Not only are they a problem in themselves; reinforcing stereotypes about Roehampton, urinating beneath peoples? homes and generally causing a nuisance, but they also take up police time which could be better used tackling more serious crime and anti-social behaviour.

Making the Danebury Avenue area an Alcohol Exclusion Zone will give the police new powers to not only move drinkers on but confiscate and dispose of their drinks. It doesn?t prevent local shops selling, or local people buying alcohol at all: it just means people can?t drink it in public within the zone?s boundaries.

My Alcohol Exclusion Zone should be complemented by real help for those with drinking problems, so I?m pleased that local churches and the Salvation Army are working together to see what they can do.

If you support my plan to make Roehampton town centre a nicer place for residents, visitors and shoppers, please sign my online petition. As ever, the more of you who sign up, the stronger our voice will be. Together we can make a difference.

You can sign my online petition here.