Three options for Church Stretton centre put forward – after five years
Tuesday 10th May 2011, 4:07PM BST.
Three final options for the future development of Church Stretton town centre have been put forward – five years after the debate started.
Ideas proposed by town and Shropshire councillors in Church Stretton include widening the pavement in High Street and removing seven on-street parking spaces, retaining the parking spaces and introducing a one-way system, or leaving the town as it is.
It is a last-ditch bid to find a solution to the ongoing saga, with councillors claiming there may not be another chance to make improvements for 30 years.
The public will get to have their say on the proposals at an exhibition of the plans at the Silvester Horne Institute from June 15 until June 30. Recommendations are expected to be made by July 26.
Members of Church Stretton Town Council incurred the wrath of the town’s chamber of trade by initially proposing to remove the on-street parking spaces.
But the town’s unitary councillors David Evans and James Gibson supported the chamber’s plea to retain the High Street spaces.
A statement on Church Stretton Town Council’s website says: “The possible redesign of the High Street to make it more pedestrian-friendly has now been a matter of debate for more than five years.
“It is important the issue is now resolved in a way that most effectively addresses the concerns of all sections, residents of all ages, traders and visitors, not only for the present but for the next 30 years as there is not likely to be another such opportunity.
“The High Street cannot accommodate all of the modern requirements, namely pavements, on-street parking and two-way traffic for our even larger vehicles.”
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