Public split on town centre revamp plan
Saturday 6th August 2011, 11:30AM BST.
Public opinion in a Shropshire town is split down the middle over controversial plans to remove on-street parking spaces, new figures have revealed.
Proposals to remove parking bays in Church Stretton’s High Street to widen the pavement and a counter-suggestion to leave the layout as it was were similarly backed. In total 235 people backed widening the pavement, champion- ed by the town council
And 229 want to retain the status quo, a stance backed by Church Stretton Chamber of Trade.
A further 68 people backed a radical alternative which would have seen High Street made one-way and the parking spaces retained.
The figures, made public by the town council, are part of Shropshire Council’s consultation on plans for the town centre.
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