AN ILLEGAL car meet was cancelled on Saturday evening, thanks to seafront road closures in Southend.
The Echo has been informed by Essex Police a car meet had been planned along the seafront on Saturday, but the emergency closures from 9pm to 8am on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, put a pin in the plans.
The road closures took place from the turnaround point on Western Esplanade, through Marine Parade and ended at the junction of Southchurch Avenue and Eastern Esplanade.
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Chief Insp Ian Hughes, district commander for Southend, said: “We cannot tolerate dangerous and anti-social driving and the wellbeing and impact on our wider community is always the most important thing for us and our partners.
“There are a number of tactics we and our partners can utilise to keep people safe and reduce impact of and road closures are one of these. We’ll continue to work with the council to monitor and review this action to ensure the benefit to the wider community.”
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