Comment
Town Centre Masterplans
Representation ID: 867
Received: 15/02/2008
Respondent: Ms B Noakes
Re: the pedestrianising Rochford Market Square.
I only heard about it last Tuesday and then read about it in the Standard on Wednesday and my first reaction was, who has left their brains at home, and yes it will cut traffic in Rochford, it will also out people - those of us who shop in the market town. I have a blue badge and more or less rely on parking in the square to shop at the butchers, hardware shop, bank, greengrocers and post office and opticians. I refuse to try and park in Back Lane car park because it is nearly always full up, the blue badge spaces are in the wrong place, except the two outside the doctors, and it is wrong that you charge at all for blue badge holders, you may wonder why we drive to Tesco's, well for a start you can buy most things there, including petrol, and parking is free for the first 2 hours or so and that is for everyone, and that is why you should keep the market square as it is at present.
Re: the pedestrianising Rochford Market Square.
I only heard about it last Tuesday and then read about it in the Standard on Wednesday and my first reaction was, who has left their brains at home, and yes it will cut traffic in Rochford, it will also out people - those of us who shop in the market town. I have a blue badge and more or less rely on parking in the square to shop at the butchers, hardware shop, bank, greengrocers and post office and opticians. I refuse to try and park in Back Lane car park because it is nearly always full up, the blue badge spaces are in the wrong place, except the two outside the doctors, and it is wrong that you charge at all for blue badge holders, you may wonder why we drive to Tesco's, well for a start you can buy most things there, including petrol, and parking is free for the first 2 hours or so and that is for everyone, and that is why you should keep the market square as it is at present.