Continentals Delicatessen expresses frustration at new set of roadworks

Burnley Express

The manager of Continentals Delicatessen has been left frustrated by the closure of Croft Street in Burnley as part of the controversial Town 2 Turf project which he says is affecting his business.

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00:00 Since we started doing the roadworks, particularly the roundabout, business has dropped quite massively.

00:07 About half, pretty much.

00:09 And I've noticed customers that have come in have been asking us, saying to us, "Are you still open?"

00:14 So yeah, of course we're still open, especially with the scaffolding around.

00:17 But a lot of people are saying, "I don't want to come into town. It's too stressful. It's just too stressful.

00:24 And when is it going to be finished? When is it going to be done?"

00:26 And I can't really give them answers on that.

00:28 As far as the council's got, they've been quite delayed or pretty much non-existent on telling us what the roadworks are doing,

00:36 the plans, and how they're moving forward and when they plan to finish.

00:39 For example, they closed the road just further up on the roundabout, it's Turnright, I think it's Croft Street,

00:46 and it was last Monday they closed that, and I got an email on Friday to tell us they've closed it.

00:52 The diversion signs are properly done.

00:55 And when I asked one of the workers, he said, "It's just been a mess."

00:59 But I just hope that the council realise that it is affecting businesses and town centres a lot.

01:08 And, well, fingers crossed they get it done a lot quicker than what they had planned to do.

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