Outside the Town Hall to be open to traffic

[flashy]

Accrington Town Hall traffic plan to boost trade (From Lancashire Telegraph)


yet another stupid plan from Uncle Fester?


what do you lot reckon?


i'm sure that road was open to traffic when i was little

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes, it probably was Shaz.......it was certainly open to traffic when I was little.
And as for making a difference......well, a lot of cars use it now, even though it is only supposed to be buses.
I don't think it will make a great deal of difference, the truth is Accy is dying on its uppers........and most of the remedies proffered are too little and much too late.

[lancsdave]

It's probably being done so they can create a drive-thru coffee stop outside the Market Hall

[flashy]

i think its Festers last ditch attempt to look big before he gets kicked out

[JCB]

That stretch of road , Broadway , Peel Street , and the whole of St James St used to be open to traffic . There were no one-way streets if I remember rightly . However the amount of traffic on the roads was way below what it is today .

I'm all for pedestrianised areas in town centres , and I can't see how opening this small stretch of road to all traffic will make a significant difference to trade .

[flashy]

if anything it will stop trade, people won't want to be getting knocked over

[Margaret Pilkington]

When they closed off the town centre to traffic, the part that is little Blackburn road suffered, no through traffic meant that the majority of people didn't go up there unless there was a place they wanted to visit.

The large out of town shopping areas have also meant the demise of many of Accringtons shops. I cana't think of anything that would breathe some life into the place.

Having said that, we went to Bury yesterday and the town centre of Ramsbottom was closed off for a chocolate festival...the place was throbbing.
Ramsbottom is only a lttle place with lots of independent shops......it always seems busy when we pass through it, so maybe we should ask them how they do it.

[Stumped]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

When they closed off the town centre to traffic, the part that is little Blackburn road suffered, no through traffic meant that the majority of people didn't go up there unless there was a place they wanted to visit.

The large out of town shopping areas have also meant the demise of many of Accringtons shops. I cana't think of anything that would breathe some life into the place.

Having said that, we went to Bury yesterday and the town centre of Ramsbottom was closed off for a chocolate festival...the place was throbbing.
Ramsbottom is only a lttle place with lots of independent shops......it always seems busy when we pass through it, so maybe we should ask them how they do it.

Maybe it's because they don't have Britcliffe imposing his will on the yes-men in his political entourage.

[wadey]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

When they closed off the town centre to traffic, the part that is little Blackburn road suffered, no through traffic meant that the majority of people didn't go up there unless there was a place they wanted to visit.

The large out of town shopping areas have also meant the demise of many of Accringtons shops. I cana't think of anything that would breathe some life into the place.

Having said that, we went to Bury yesterday and the town centre of Ramsbottom was closed off for a chocolate festival...the place was throbbing.
Ramsbottom is only a lttle place with lots of independent shops......it always seems busy when we pass through it, so maybe we should ask them how they do it.

We popped down to Ramsbottom at lunch time, Bridge Street was closed to traffic, the town was heaving and must have taken a fortune,some photos here
Ramsbottom Annual Chocolate Festival 2011 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Nelson is putting the road back in but it's to late the town has died

[cashman]

Doubt very much if it results n increase in trade, highly unlikely is my view, still will probably waste a bit more of the money they aint got.

[Bee]

The road closed in 1990, twenty one years ago.

[garinda]

What happened to all those grandiose urban plans they exhibited the other year?

The ones which showed the wind tunnel that is the space in front of the Market and Town Halls, as a large square, with continental cafes, and fountains, which shot water up the jacksies of unsuspecting passerbys?

If this brings trade back, though how remains a mystery, should we get ready for Broadway to be de-pedestrianised in the near future?

[accyman]

so if its going to be a propper road again are they going to fit kerbs and put the crossing back or just leave it as it is.

the problem with how it is now is that young children cant tell its a road because the pavement area looks so similar to the road area and theres nothing clearly defining the end of the pavement to the road.

if theres going to be 100x maybe more traffic going through that area teh chances of an accident are increased greatly especialy as people have been used to it been mainly pedestrian for so long

also the cost of any alterations at a time when money is so tight should be considered.

like lancs dave says are we to expect a drive through britcliff&Son hut at some point?

[accyman]

Originally Posted by garinda

If this brings trade back, though how remains a mystery, should we get ready for Broadway to be de-pedestrianised in the near future?

you know somthing rindy since they pedestrianised broadway its been dug up and resurfaced more times than when it was a road with cars and wagons using it.It may work out cheaper in the long run to reopen it as a road lol

[shillelagh]

if they did re-open broadway .. what would they do with all the steel 'furniture' on broadway .. take it to the scrapyard and weigh it in ... and bring back the wooden benches what they used to have .... or borrow some from the parks in the area ... would work out cheaper ....