Council puts market move on hold

A press release announced that City council plans to move Canterbury market to Iron Bar Lane and refurbish St George's Street are to be put on hold until summer 2012.

The council had planned to do the work in 2010 but bidget restraints have led to the scheme being put back. In addition, the Traffic Regulation Order inquiry that was held at the end of last year could not be determined due to a technicality with the drafting of the Traffic Regulation Order notice.

Although a Traffic Regulation Order is already in place to ban all vehicles from Iron Bar Lane for the existing Wednesday market, a new one is required for the move of the Friday market. A new inquiry will be held in 2011, nearer the time of the move.

Executive member responsible for markets, Rosemary Doyle said: "Unfortunately due to the budget situation, we are not able to carry out the improvement work to St George's Street until 2010, so the market move has also been delayed."

"I am pleased with the efforts of the market traders recently to improve the appearance of the stalls and the range of the goods for sale, and I look forward to seeing further improvements in the future.

Bellow, you can listen to the report I did on the subject with my colleague, Silvia Aloman:

Council puts market move on hold by voice22

You can now find the streets merchants on the High Street but City council's plan is to relocate them on Iron Bar Lane.