Police say they will actively enforce the drinking ban
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Alcohol bans are to be introduced in two more locations in Peterborough as a way to tackle nuisance behaviour.
It will become an offence to consume alcohol in public in the Orton Centre and in Oakley Drive in Orton Longueville, Cambridgeshire.
Earlier this year, alcohol bans were implemented in Herlington and Eldern, Orton Malbourne and Paynels, and Orton Goldhay in Peterborough.
People caught drinking in the designated areas could be fined �500.
"We do believe that the alcohol bans work," said Christine Graham, the community safety manager of Peterborough City Council.
"What we hear from local people in the areas where they already are is that it has made a real difference in that it has improved those areas."
She added that the order will not stop people from drinking in designated areas like beer gardens or private gardens.
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