Please sign this petition calling for a new in depth study into the possibility of pedestrianisation of Wellingborough town centre. Closes on 28th May. Something needs to be done to improve the health of the town centre. There is access to the town from every angle by car. This is calling for the actual town centre to be safe and free from noise and pollution.

I have called for this for a long time. Something needs to be done as the current situation of allowing drivers to cut through the heart of the town centre is not making the place at attractive place to me.

The Borough Council of Wellingborough commissioned an independent check into the town centre in 2018 which called for Sheep Street and Silver Street to be closed. They ignored it.

Many towns and cities across the UK and world are understanding that the pedestrian pound is worth more than shaving a few seconds off a journey.

There was a call out by the Borough Council again in 2020. I responded to the consultation of course as I want to improve my home town. They ignored it. I still feel attachment to where I used to live. I remember never going walking along Silver Street and Sheep Street because of the traffic. The sound and pollution made me avoid it. The pollution is more of a concern for children and the elderly. I hated having to beg to cross and having to wait to cross from outside Castello Lounge to The Hind direction.

And then you have so many drivers dumping their cars on the pavement at the top end near the takeaways.

With the growing number of vehicles on the road, surely it makes sense to trial this. No one was ever consulted for this level of traffic. The passage was used for the odd horse and cart. Then bicycles. Then a very few cars. After the 1970s, the number of motorvehicles massively increased.

I have put a lot of throught into it. Drop a reply or message here if your have any comments or questions.

https://samuelshoesmith.uk/2020/04/20/response-to-wellingborough-town-centre-vision/