Topic: | Re:Reply - diversion signs to be moved this evening | |
Posted by: | Joanna Biddolph | |
Date/Time: | 30/10/20 15:45:00 |
It's just been confirmed to me that the diversion signs will be in place this evening - after the rush hour, around 8pm. As mentioned above, allowing drivers to drive through isn't going to be helpful to the shops; they need people to stop ie park. I do hope LBH won't second guess what traders would prefer - they need to be consulted in great detail and their views given considerable weight. They know better than anybody what makes a difference to their business and, as they've told me, when the free 30 minute stop-and-shop parking was introduced they saw an immediate uplift in sales/revenue; when it was removed they saw an immediate nosedive which continues downwards daily. They have spent so much cash on, and put so much effort into, becoming Covid-secure it's tragic that residents aren't shopping in our local one-off independents though of course everyone understands that for some the risks aren't worth taking. |