Safety risk car park to partially re-open
The Goring Road car park was shut by Worthing Borough Council with little notice on June 27, angering residents and traders.
At a meeting of the full council on Tuesday, cabinet member for environment Clive Roberts admitted the issue should have been handled better.
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Hide AdHe said: “I think I would say it was possibly handled not quite as I would have liked it to be.
“Sometimes, health and safety closes gates quicker than we would like.”
Several traders, including Rob Brown of Shoreline Pet Supplies and Jeremy French, of Heene Road Vets, in Goring Road, used the meeting’s public question time to grill Mr Roberts on the issue.
Mr French said: “I think there was a total lack of transparency regarding the unexpected closure of the Goring Road car park and a total disregard to shopkeepers, their customers and local residents.
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Hide Ad“Already, a letter from the council indicates that the damage to the car park is less dramatic than first advised.
“Why was it not reopened sooner?”
For the full story, see the Herald, out Thursday, July 17.