SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council is asking residents to have their say on proposals to protect traditional red phone boxes, by allowing towns and villages to adopt them.
British Telecom (BT) is looking to introduce the ?Adopt a Kiosk? scheme, so that town and parish councils have the option to protect their distinctive red telephone kiosks by adopting them and taking on maintenance costs.
The initiative follows BT?s payphone removal programme last year. At the time, the council objected to the proposed removal of 35 out of 50 payphones after feedback from residents raised objections to the loss of these community lifelines.
BT?s plans included the removal of some of the iconic red kiosks. The company has now provided a list of all 47 red kiosks found in the district and is asking the council whether these should be adopted. Adoption of the kiosk would come at an initial cost of
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