MORE than 200 Souters have had their say on the future of the Toll Banking.
The steep banking at the northern entrance to the town was the traditional vantage point for watching the Standard Bearer arrive back in the town every Common Riding.
Thousands of Souters would pack the Toll banking to cheer home the cavalcade.
But health and safety fears led to council officials enforcing the Shawburn embankment as out of bounds for spectators in the mid 1990s.
And in 1998 the slopes were planted with bushes and hardy shrubs.
A consultation was opened in the summer about bringing the Toll banking back into use.
Next week the town's three councillors who sit on the Common Good Fund Committee will consider the responses.
Councillor Caroline Penman said: "The consultation led to more than 200 responses.
"We will be presented with the findings at our meeting in December for us to consider before any future plans and decisions are made.
"We haven't seen the responses yet but it will be interesting to read people's views."
Selkirk Colonial Society bought the Shawburn Toll Banking land in 1929 for £50 and presented it to the Town Council for the benefit of the people of Selkirk.
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