The Lock on the Western Avenue Gate became difficult to use yesterday afternoon – Tuesday, Sept 20th – due to part of the mechanism breaking off internally through wear and tear. This has now been replaced and the lock is working normally.
The lock was only a few months old, but the gate design means that people have very little room to turn the key from the inside of the gate – it’s been an on-going nag – and so it ends up forcing the key over to the left as one’s hand fouls on the metalwork. PPAA Committee will seek professional metalworking help in modifying the gate design to allow proper access to turn the key, and hopefully, to end this recurring issue.
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