Hannah Rogers will almost certainly have read the public consultation document, ‘Stourbridge Town Matters’, along with its key fundings. Perhaps the traders should re-acquaint themselves.
Visitors highlight a lack of town centre uses that might attract them to stay longer, with pedestrianisation a top priority for improvement.
Factors which will encourage more visits to the town centre are more shops and pedestriansation.
Two out of three respondents believe the quality of the environment in the town centre is relatively low.
The key priority for improvement is pedestrian priority.
Saturday pedestrianisation and street markets meet some of these needs. What are the traders afraid of?
I don’t know how much the consultation costs, but what a waste of money if a handful of traders make the decisions. Who is Dudley Council representing?
Kate Weston Union Street Stourbridge
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