Roadworks in Willenhall and comments from shop owners

James Vukmirovic reports from Willenhall where a set of roadworks have started and seen part of a road closed, causing long traffic delays

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00:00Hello, I'm James McMurrayvich and I'm standing here in Willenhull on Bilston Street.

00:05Behind me is the area where the new railway station for Willenhull is being worked on.

00:09They've closed one of the lanes today, in fact it's actually down to just one lane all

00:12the way along this road which has caused a lot of traffic jams.

00:16You can see behind me the amount of traffic that's passing through right now with the

00:19mini roundabout in front of me.

00:21I've also spoken to a bunch of business owners who've told me about how they've been suffering

00:25as a result of the work taking place today.

00:27There's one business owner saying that he's about 60%-70% less customers than he usually

00:32would have and he's weighing up whether to just close for the next five months that these

00:35works are going on.

00:36In addition to that, they've also said that they've felt that they've had no real response

00:39from Walsall Council.

00:41So there's a lot of work going on here, for the next five months this is going to be the

00:43situation here in Willenhull.