Telephone Box Removal

BT are proposing to remove 31 public payphones from Aberdeen.  Two of these payphones are within the Community Council area.

Earmarked for removal are the telephone boxes in Countesswells Road at the junction with Springfield Road where only 1 call has been made in the past 12 months.  The other is the payphone near Boots the Chemist at the Mannofield shops in Great Western Road where 241 calls have been recorded in the past year.

The Community Council have written to the Council objecting to the removal of the Great Western Road pay phone on the following counts:

(a)   Given the older demographic of the area, not all residents have access to a mobile phone while out and about.  The telephone box at this location serves an important community service.

(b)   This particular phone box is located at a shopping area and not a residential road.  The increased footfall in the area raises the risk of the need to use the facility in the case of an emergency.

(c)    This phone box is on a main arterial route and is a point of access for motorists travelling through the area.

There is an information sticker in the phone box but, should you have any comments on the removal of specific phone boxes, they should be sent to:

Andrew Brownrigg

Local Development Plan

Aberdeen City Council

Business Hub 4  Ground Floor North

Marischal College

Broad Street

Aberdeen

AB10 1AB