IN response to Cllr Griffiths letter in last week's Echo, in response to my letter the previous week, I would more than welcome the opportunity to take the councillor on a drive through Haverhill to show him exactly what I mean about the lack of input in everyday services.
I noticed he made no mention of selling the old railway station site.
Yes we now have a cinema and associated eating establishments – two of which have complained in this publication about the bad impact that large groups of young people hanging a
bout with nothing to do are having on their premises, but what provision has been made for them? They do not have the money to go to the cinema or leisure centre and their parents often have difficulty in funding such trips.
What are the visitor numbers to the cinema? Why not a skate park?
The bus station is being re-vamped for the third time in my knowledge, and these latest works require the digging up of the resurfaced car park adjacent to it which was only completed last year. The High Street block paving is starting to collapse under the strain from more traffic than it was designed to cope with because the road is now a rat run with no policing whatsoever; why doesn’t the council employ its own traffic wardens, which it is now allowed to do? The income generated will more than pay for the staff employed.
There is no cohesive plan for Haverhill; £50,000 to give Queen Street shop fronts a facelift is, at present day costs, a joke of embarrassing proportions. Which bright spark gave planning permission for yet another coffee shop in the High Street when what we need is a variety of shops?
PHILIP HILL,
Willow Close, Haverhill.
