{"id":5746,"date":"2015-03-10T16:13:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T16:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=5746"},"modified":"2015-03-10T16:13:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T16:13:53","slug":"grangetown-refurb-could-cost-businesses-serious-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/03\/10\/grangetown-refurb-could-cost-businesses-serious-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Grangetown refurb could cost businesses serious money"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"AppContainer\">\n<div id=\"c_base\" class=\"c_base\">\n<div id=\"c_content\" class=\"c_main\">\n<div id=\"pageContent\">\n<div id=\"pageInbox\" class=\"v-Page\">\n<div id=\"inboxControl0f\">\n<div class=\"containsYSizerBar\">\n<div class=\"ContentRight FullView\" data-link=\"class{:~tag.contentRightClass(Layout.IsFullView, Layout.ReadingPaneMode)}\">\n<div class=\"ContentRightInner t_mbgc t_qtc t_urtc\">\n<div id=\"inboxControl0fv-ReadMessageContainer\" class=\"v-ReadMessageContainer slideOnResize\">\n<div class=\"c-ReadMessage\" data-link=\"class{readMessageClass: ~tag.Show}\">\n<div id=\"ReadMessageScrollableSection\" class=\"rmMessages ClearBoth\">\n<div id=\"readMessagePartControl391f\" class=\"c-ReadMessagePart ReadMsgContainer HasLayout ClearBoth HideShadows FullPart NoHistory Read RmIc\" data-link=\"class{:~tag.getHeaderCssClass(IsConversationPart, IsRead, IsDraft, IsTrustedSender, Items.length)}\">\n<div class=\"c-ReadMessagePartBody\" data-link=\"class{getClass:IsBodyExpanded}\">\n<div class=\"readMsgBody\">\n<div id=\"bodyreadMessagePartBodyControl396f\" class=\"ExternalClass MsgBodyContainer\" data-link=\"class{:~tag.cssClasses(PlainText, IsContentFiltered)}\">\n<div id=\"ecxdivtagdefaultwrapper\">\nA redevelopment of shop fronts in Grangetown started yesterday\u00a0but some business owners are claiming the one million pound improvement plans will actually\u00a0cost them their customers.<br \/>\nThe work planned includes smartening up shop fronts, building seating and installing new roller-shutters. Shop owners revealed they were contacted by the council and offered up to \u00a350,000 to improve their shops, with a repayment plan of \u201calmost nothing\u201d.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5757\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150310_111910.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5757 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150310_111910-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"20150310_111910\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5757 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150310_111910-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"20150310_111910\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The roadworks in Grangetown<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nBut one such owner, who has asked not to be named, said: \u201cwhat they failed to mention was the disruption to business of a 20-week period.<br \/>\n\u201cThey\u2019ve taken over all this parking and every contractor that\u2019s working on the site has a car. They start early in the morning before the shops open so they take up any available car parking space themselves.<br \/>\n\u201cIt has effected business in an unbelievable way. Business has dropped by almost 50 per cent some days because parking is almost unavailable. And the constant queues along Penarth road are never ending.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got customers ringing every 5 minutes. How do I get to you, where do I park? Where as that has never happened before.<br \/>\n\u201cRates are the same, lighting is the same, heating is the same, staff levels are the same but customers, as I say, are some 50 per cent down. How do we pay?\u201d<br \/>\nGrangetown councillor, Chris Lomax said: \u201cIt\u2019s an old area and it needs a lot of improvement. When these improvements are complete there will be parking for people who are shopping. It will be free for one hour.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5758\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150310_111208.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5758 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150310_111208-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The traffic congestion in Grangetown\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5758 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/20150310_111208-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"The traffic congestion in Grangetown\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The traffic congestion in Grangetown<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cAt the moment there is double yellow lines along Clare Road so after the development there will be more parking.<br \/>\nCoun Lomax also listed more improvements which will be completed by the redevelopment: \u201c10 shop fronts will be improved, there will be new road furniture, there will be seating for people to sit and rest and there will be some plants and flowers to make the place more attractive.<br \/>\n\u201cThe residents are being a little bit pedantic. It\u2019s a little bit of trouble for a long-term benefit. It\u2019s only going to be for 6 months, it should be finished by the end of September or the start of October.\u201d<strong>\u200b<\/strong>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"v-InboxFooterContainer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"reauthenticationDiv\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_whm\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_mm\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A redevelopment of shop fronts in Grangetown started yesterday\u00a0but some business owners are claiming the one million pound improvement plans will actually\u00a0cost them their customers. The work planned includes smartening up shop fronts, building seating and installing new roller-shutters. 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