If a majority of homeowners sign off, the city will allow the neighborhood organization to put up alley gates. City leaders hope the effort can be a template for more alley closures.

There was bodies back there." That’s why the city’s gated alley program has become so popular. It allows property owners to petition the city for a gate. A block needs 50% plus 1 to agree.

GATES are being fitted to alleys in a Vale of Glamorgan town as part of a successful crime-busting scheme. The alley gates scheme has already seen hundreds of back lanes sealed off in the Vale of ...

Liverpool City Council was prepared to install its 4,000th gate in the city on Monday. Councillor Flo Clucas, executive member for housing and community safety, said: "We now have scientific proof ...

Some residents raised concerns about alleyway maintenance but many felt the gates helped them feel secure Alley gates will remain ... have been introduced over the past 20 years to deter crime ...

A 6ft high steel gate stopping off-road bikers from using an alley in a housing estate has had a "dramatic impact" on community safety, it has been claimed. The gate was installed in the alley in the ...

Alley gates were introduced to help reduce crime and anti-social behaviour Liverpool's alley gates scheme has been scrapped due to a lack of funding. The city council has told ward councillors ...

Tenants of the road have been chipping in to fund the installation of two gates at either end of the alley to block off access to fly-tippers, but plans have recently come to a standstill.