There’s relief among Walton residents that County Road’s roadworks have finally ended, but many worry bigger issues lie deep below its fresh surface.
With the drawn out ordeal over, there’s ease in one local’s face as he looks out onto the road from one of the street’s shop fronts. Billy, 70, who only wanted to give his first name, grew up in Harlech Street and believes the County area has been going through some of its toughest moments in recent years.
He told the ECHO how things have been “getting better” since the works were completed in April, but the near £6m project hasn’t paved over the array of challenges the area still faces. He added: “Everybody remembers County Road fondly for the way that it used to be. People used to want to move here. Now they want to leave.”
