{"id":4341,"date":"2015-02-13T15:45:25","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T15:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2015-02-13T15:45:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T15:45:25","slug":"grangetowns-businesses-face-regeneration-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/13\/grangetowns-businesses-face-regeneration-uncertainty\/","title":{"rendered":"Grangetown&#039;s businesses face regeneration uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4345\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4345\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150210_113720.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4345\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150210_113720-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Grangetown's notorious junction, connecting Penarth Road to Clare Road.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4345\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_20150210_113720-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Grangetown's notorious junction, connecting Penarth Road to Clare Road.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Grangetown&#8217;s notorious junction, connecting Penarth Road to Clare Road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">SHOP owners in Grangetown face months of uncertainty after being left in the dark over council plans to redevelop the area\u2019s shopping district. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Grangetown Regeneration Programme is aimed at revitalising the area\u2019s social and retail infrastructure, which is set to include developments to its notoriously busy junction, as well as facelifts to shop fronts, road resurfacing and additional pavement space. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Local businesses have expressed concern over the uncertainty surrounding the project, which was boosted by a \u00a31m cash injection from the Welsh Government last year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pash Patel, owner of Clare Road Fruit and Veg, said: \u201cThey\u2019ve put a sign up on the road saying work is to begin on the ninth, but I have no idea what roads will be affected first, or when they\u2019ll be developing our shops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe shops around here need help. But there\u2019s a lot of uncertainty about the whole thing, as we\u2019ve basically heard nothing apart from the proposed start date. It\u2019s not good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Muhammad Cafdar, who has owned Mega Discount Home Store on Penarth Road for two years, said: \u201cThey [the council] should let us know more. All I have is a leaflet they passed me saying there would be some disruption. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe roads around here are already very busy, and the road closures will make them hectic. I\u2019d like to know which roads will be affected and at what time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cPassing trade will suffer for all of us. People are going to avoid coming here, and the council have said nothing about how our rates will be affected or if we will be due compensation for loss of trade. It\u2019s very annoying.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Council cabinet member, Peter Bradbury said: \u201cWe apologise in advance for any inconvenience drivers, pedestrians and visitors to the area may experience while the works are being carried out to greatly improve this part of the city.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SHOP owners in Grangetown face months of uncertainty after being left in the dark over council plans to redevelop the area\u2019s shopping district. The Grangetown Regeneration Programme is aimed at revitalising the area\u2019s social and retail infrastructure, which is set to include developments to its notoriously busy junction, as well as facelifts to shop fronts, road resurfacing and additional pavement space. Local businesses have expressed concern over the uncertainty surrounding the project, which was boosted by a \u00a31m cash injection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":4345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,292,5],"tags":[2442,1291,2082,1407,71,548,1409,2443],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grangetown","category-uncategorized","category-where-you-live","tag-bradbury","tag-cardiff-2","tag-cardiff-school-of-journalism","tag-clare-road","tag-grangetown","tag-junction","tag-penarth-road","tag-regeneration-programme"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grangetown&#039;s businesses face regeneration uncertainty - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/13\/grangetowns-businesses-face-regeneration-uncertainty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grangetown&#039;s businesses face regeneration uncertainty - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SHOP owners in Grangetown face months of uncertainty after being left in the dark over council plans to redevelop the area\u2019s shopping district. 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