Cornell Plaza Meeting (1)

Canterbury city councillor Chris Cornell speaking at a public meeting in Herne Bay.

Transcript

00:00 Do we need another plaza?

00:02 No!

00:03 We've got a public square by the swim baths,

00:06 and a public square by the clock tower,

00:09 both of which are essentially non-peaceful.

00:11 [applause]

00:13 We've got a square for the city,

00:16 and all of a sudden, people are actually going to start

00:18 trying to make it into some type of market,

00:20 which is a great idea, but a piece of public space

00:22 doesn't revive your economy.

00:24 Right? It only revives your economy

00:26 if there's any job.

00:28 Right?

00:30 So, we came into power in the summer,

00:33 and I kind of inherited this project.

00:35 It's a bit like a kind of unwarranted Christmas present,

00:38 so to speak.

00:40 And I think essentially the problem we have here

00:43 is that there's a bit of messed up building, right?

00:45 I think that most of us agree that we should find a way

00:48 to encourage people to cycle.

00:49 Most of us don't mind slower speed limits

00:51 if they keep people safe.

00:53 But the problem we have is essentially

00:55 you could have done all of that,

00:56 and the group could have ended at Memorial Park.

00:58 You didn't need to take it all the way to the seafront.

01:00 And if you did have a problem, which essentially

01:02 was kind of boy racers going up and down the seafront,

01:04 you could have put bums in the road.

01:06 [applause]

01:08 [cheers and applause]

01:11 [APPLAUSE]