Tooting: Redundant 'eyesore' BT boxes to be removed from streets

A number of disused BT phone boxes will be removed from the streets of Tooting, it has been announced.

Telecoms company BT has a number of kiosks spread across the borough and now the company has said that it will be removing 24 from Wandsworth.

BT has written to the town hall confirming that the kiosks will be taken down, which is likely to be music to the ears of many councillors who have requested for the underused kiosks to be removed.

The following kiosks are disappearing:

• Moyser Road at the junction with Nimrod Drive
• Southcroft Road at the junction with Freshwater Road
• Inner Park Road
• Aubyn Square
• Biggs Row
• Wimbledon Parkside at the junction with Inner Park Road
• Replingham Road
• Montfort Place
• Beaumont Road
• Merton Road outside Coronation Gardens
• Garratt Lane at the junction with Maskell Road
• Wimbledon Road
• Hazelhurst Road
• Franciscan Road
• Upper Tooting Road
• Tooting Bec Road x2
• Bedford Hill
• Nightingale Road x2
• Honeywell road at the junction with Bolingbroke Grove
• Sunbury Lane at the junction with Battersea Church Road
• Stewarts Road
• Aldrington Road at the junction with Ullathorne Road

While many are due to be removed, there are still a number of phone boxes in Tooting that will still be there.

For example, there are no plans to remove any on Tooting High Street or Mitcham Road - many of which have been severely damaged or vandalised.

Nevertheless, the council's transport spokesman has shared his delight about the news.

Councillor John Locker said: "This is welcome news. These kiosks can often become a blight on our streets because they attract litter and are often vandalised or attract anti-social behaviour.

"They are hardly ever used in this day and age and they simply represent unnecessary obstacles and clutter on our streets.

"We dedicate a lot of time and effort in keeping our borough clean, our pavements in good order and our town centres attractive and these eyesore kiosks simply detract from this good work."

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