High Street mess all about spy cameras

People who don't live in our city - commerce and our county council - have butchered our beautiful High Street trees.

The so-called "consultation" was a disgrace. Those there didn't know the Cathedral roundabout is used by thousands of drivers, as a dropping off point for families, didn't know our trees' respiration kept our High Street cool in summer, and didn't know that thousands of shoppers delighted in sitting beneath the shade of our trees.

Nor did that "consultation" tell visitors that the main reasons for getting rid of our trees was so commerce's CCTV cameras could see the whole High Street, and that commerce's delivery vehicles wouldn't have to cope with our trees.

In short, it was the usual bureaucratic confidence trick. Our High Street is now a sterile urban disaster area.

In the so-called "consultation" we were told that we had 43 trees and that 17 of these would remain. Well, where are they Councillor Lankester?

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We who wrote to You Say could see what was coming - that our beautiful High Street trees were to be devastated - and not once did any councillor enter into debate with we, the people.

Our fears and concerns were, as usual, ignored. The rest is history.

We now have another planning disaster, to add to our city's growing list of planning disasters.

However, Councillor Lankester cares to dress it up, I remain convinced our High Street trees have been sacrificed, to the needs of big business.

Like thousands of other Worcester people, I will never again be able to sit in the shade beneath our beautiful High Street trees, on a sunny summer Saturday, and watch the world go by.

We have been robbed of something priceless, so commerce's cameras can see better, and thereby perhaps save commerce a few measly quid, in shoplifting losses.

The £1,180,000 of our money spent on this disaster would have been better spent on free bus passes for Worcester's pensioners!

N TAYLOR,

Worcester.