Scores of shopkeepers and traders on South Bristol’s main ‘high street’ have launched an appeal to everyone in the area to continue to support them - because they fear council roadworks will close them down.
The traders on East Street in Bedminster say they have been hit hard by the first month of roadworks that have closed Malago Road northbound. And now, as well as demanding the council do something to help as quickly as possible, they are also appealing to everyone in South Bristol to make an extra effort to come to East Street and shop there.
Almost all the shopkeepers on East Street have signed a petition to Bristol City Council demanding that the roadworks that have been put in place around Bedminster for the next two and a half years be altered somehow, to make it easier for people to access car parks and side streets to once again visit the bustling high street.
