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Cheadle Parklet moved in response to residents’ concerns
by Lib Dem team on 2 July, 2021
The Council has told us that the parklet on Cheadle High Street will be constructed near to the telephone exchange rather than by Massie Street.
“Parklets have been a great success up and down the country, it’s the sort of thing we need to be trying if we want Cheadle High Street to thrive,” said Cllr Iain Roberts. “Residents expressed concerns about the previous location and we’re glad the council has listened.”
The parklet, a small area for sitting and relaxing, adds to the well-used seating along the High Street (both public, like the benches by the telephone exchange, and private, like the seating in front of Brezo Lounge).
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That decision will shock those who (quite rightly) suggested that the best location would be by the telephone exchange. Local people know best – Well most of the time.
Thanks for listening.
Good news. Was it public opinion that brought about this change in location? I’d like to think so.
Re the great success of Parklets. How is that measured, please?
Why anyone would want to sit next to a busy road where traffic is emitting toxic fumes is beyond me, except maybe in the evening when some people may congregate with drinks, and having had one too many take chances with the road.
If it must be done, why not make the seating area in front of the exchange more attractive.
Those on the seats outside the coffee shops opposite the proposed site don’t seem to mind the fumes.
“Everyone to their own.”
The front of the Telephone Exchange is hideously ugly and ruins the High Street.
If you are wasting money with this parklet then it is a good idea to place it near the Exchange.
Anything that can improve the frontage of the Exchange is welcome.
Agree with Victon on the state of the BT exchange. Although BT have tried to smarten it up with the Christmas decoration stickers on the windows which are a nice touch!!
Add to that the litter and mess down the side of the building and to the rear.
BT should be ashamed of themselves.
Why is this nonsense continuing? It has all the hallmarks of what in previous times would have been called the borough engineer.
What responsible traffic engineer would actively place pedestrians in an area abutting moving traffic discharging noxious fumes? Are there to be suitably robust crash barriers that also prevent vehicles mounting them?
Previously we had the locational dangers of being also near a road turning, now they are placed within the “active area” of a pedestrian crossing! Such a location can only provide the potential for driver distraction in an area which is by its nature already one of potential vehicle/pedestrian conflict.
What IS the problem with using the area outside the telephone exchange? Is this proposal on the cheap? Yes the area outside the exchange is a mess so why not take the opportunity to landscape it properly and make it pleasant? Engage with BT and cover the brutalist building with one of those large plastic sheets used elsewhere to hide eyesores.
I wonder whether the telephone exchange owners actually own part if the pavement frontage – I seem to remember this previously when playing s where out forward to tidy the area up.
I too, agreeing with a previous, would like to know how the success if ‘parklets’ is managed ?
Am Iwrong in thinking that it would save the money and expense of a ‘parklet’ if the frontage of the exchange was tidied up, landscaped and more seating added – maybe that’s too simple an idea …..
Apologies for the predictatext errors on my previous post ! I think there were plans for the area outside the Exchange in previous years but it was then that I heard the Exchange owners own part of the frontage – I think the White Hart pub for example, and other businesses in Cheadle own part of the frontage onto the High Street.
I agree that it defies common sense to make a supposed enhancement to the village by enabling people to spend more time breathing dangerous traffic fumes.