Where have all the people gone?

St Neots High Street...
Where have all the people gone?

For many, many years St Neots high street on any Friday morning has been alive with the hustle and bustle of people going about their business. It is now a distressing and rather sad sight. The roads are full of traffic while the pavements are empty of pedestrians. The shops are empty of customers and the car parks are now empty of vehicles.

Councillors Churchill and Farrer witnessed the scene with their own eyes while meeting with Highways agency personnel in the High Street recently.

Not a busy time for St Neots.

Bob explained. 

"Ken and I were in town for a meeting about the new traffic system we have been consulting on for the past twelve months. I was taken aback at the numbers of people about in the town. At one stage I counted just five shoppers, yet the road was bumper to bumper. Where is everybody?"

Recent published figures show a significant drop of 20% in foot-fall figures for St Neots.  The Tebbuts Road car-park image, recorded at 10:30am demonstrates the problem facing our small businesses and shopkeepers only too well. 

Bob says: "Both Ken and I are determined to do something about this situation. The council, against better judgment went against our advice and increased the cost to park for one hour from 60p to 80p. It's no wonder people are avoiding the town."

Twelve cars. One van. Too few people!

All images and text © cg-photography
Promoted by Carol Gamby on behalf of Ken Churchill and Bob Farrer all of 83 Huntingdon Street, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 1DU