A snippet
caught my eye whilst reading last week’s Reporter. (21 Nov’ 2013)
It carried a
letter from a prolific, yet totally unoffending correspondent, whose innocent
account of her travelling jaunts, has once again high-lighted the obvious chink
in the council’s argument that the Metro will boost trade in Ashton.
Ashton Market
currently has 140 stalls.
Bury, on the other hand boasts 370 stalls, that’s
over 2.5 times more to offer, which could explain why Bury welcomes over 250,000 shoppers
every week!
In order to
remedy this, our councillors are planning to spend £4.5 million destroying redesigning
Ashton’s historic market ground.
Unfortunately, the plan so far includes reducing the number of traditional
free standing outside stalls to 50, supported by 6 pop-up stalls and 7 Kiosks.
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A shopaholic’s dream, if ever I saw one!