Help us to end deathly silence in High Street

8:30am Tuesday 6th May 2008

SIR - Well, the temporary traffic lights have finally gone. The dignitaries have been trotted out and balloons have been tied up. I have to ask, what is there to celebrate?

Were the dozen or so people who required medical assistance, and in some cases operations, after seriously injuring themselves during the roadworks celebrating?

Were those traders who have managed to survive the most financially crippling 18 months of poor trade joyful? Were the people of Pershore who's opinions have been blatantly ignored and over-ruled thankful?

What we're left with here in Pershore is a hotch-potch job designed by somebody of poor taste and no common sense! The result has split the town into three sections and has left us with a large section of uneven paths with high kerbs which are difficult for our predominantly elderly community to negotiate.

Still, what's done is done and we have to do all that we can to support our town and our local shops in order to retain our shopping centre. We need strategic help and long-term planning to get our unique shops back on the map to end the deathly silence that has befallen our High Street.

Trudy Burge,

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