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museum, the embankment, the market. Really!

The Hampton Centre, the Brotherhood Retail Park, the Bretton Centre, the Orton Centre are serving their customer base, people will now have nothing to come into the city centre for. Cambridge John Lewis is staying open, I want to see the local councillors put on the spot by the media as to why our city centre has declined so shockingly in the last 15 years. We had in the 60s and 70s with the development corporation a vision and the foresight to see it blossom. No plans were put in place to further that amazing development. For too long the city centre has stagnated while our rival cities have evolved. Rushden Lakes is a wonderful venue for shopping and leisure with green spaces. Our riverside is a wastelend, there is nothing for the family. The New Road bowling alley and bars etc all boarded up. The council should be taken to task over the northwestgate debacle where the investment and plans were in place (£100

million) to redevelop the Westgate area, but true to form the council approved the cinema now being built and Hawksworth investment walked away after being rebuffed by the council. Alconbury was successful in applying for the EU funding a few years ago. We couldn’t even compete with a disused airfield.

Car parking is an issue, £3.50 for two to three hours in the carpark behind the old town hall, £2 for a 30 minute stay in the city centre streets, 30 minutes! By the time you have queued in the bank, got a takeaway coffee you have got a ticket.

We need a city centre fit for purpose, that works for people who live, work and shop there.

Peterborough lockdown over the last year has accelerated the purchasing of goods online but the usefulness of being able to buy locally shouldn’t be overestimated. I know of shopping centres in Europe that are open 9am-9pm, Monday to Saturday. Why can’t we do this here?

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