So they found some more money !!!
Pretty artist impressions do not readily translate into the real thing nor do they generate business for the non-existent shops. Just take a look at our pastel parade. To me it looks just like a colour washed physical version of an artist impression. It is not the most attractive town centre.
We are about to be hit by the huge housing development over the western side of the town. What on earth is going to draw the new residents into the town centre ?
I have lived in the town for over 20 years and have seen the road traffic increase as vehicles try to avoid Waterlooville. Many people see the town as an irritation that disrupts the flow of the A3. They don’t stop because there is nothing to see. Just a plain, bland and tired pedestrian area.
I have seen business drying up in the town centre while the planners have allowed warehouse style shopping around the towns perimeter. What should have happened is that the planners should have encouraged the town centre to grow and flourish in the style of a market town with lots of smaller specialist shops. Allowing the Matalans, Brantano’s, furniture warehouse style shops and such like to open away from the town centre was the death knell to Waterlooville.
Makeover set to boost Waterlooville town centre’s trade – East Hampshire – The News.
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