Dragonfall Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 In light of the fact that Sevenstone is unlikely to ever be a reality, it looks like the Council (along with Scottish Widows) is aiming to re-focus the city-centre's main retail heart to The Moor. It seems this is the case, with stores like Primark, TJ Hughes, the Markets moving to Moor locations. And with new stores like Blue Inc. opening recently, and preparations for the new cinema complex underway, this adds to the picture of a retail migration across the city-centre. The question also to be asked is - what's the future for the High Street to Haymarket area in the light of thir major shift? Does SCC have a plan on how to deal with this forthcoming issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 That question implies they currently have a least one working plan at the moment. I'd seriously question that to start with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lil-minx92 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 In light of the fact that Sevenstone is unlikely to ever be a reality, it looks like the Council (along with Scottish Widows) is aiming to re-focus the city-centre's main retail heart to The Moor. It seems this is the case, with stores like Primark, TJ Hughes, the Markets moving to Moor locations. And with new stores like Blue Inc. opening recently, and preparations for the new cinema complex underway, this adds to the picture of a retail migration across the city-centre. The question also to be asked is - what's the future for the High Street to Haymarket area in the light of thir major shift? Does SCC have a plan on how to deal with this forthcoming issue? De ja vu??! But yes, back on track.. I dont think the Council aim to re-focus anything. That would be a bit too proactive! I suspect they are hoping to land a new developer for Sevenstone. Maybe a re-launch is needed.. a new name to help focus attention away from the huge failure that Sevenstone has proved to be so far. How about the Sports Direct Quarter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEDROCK Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) This thread should be renamed as "The Sheffield Retail Saga"... Edited August 7, 2013 by BEDROCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazjea Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 It think planner1 himself put forward a road damage assessment that made buses massively per passenger more damaging than cars by a factor of thousands. Something to do with axel weight. So lets not pretend its cars damaging the roads when its buses. Of course cars damage the roads. How do you think all the roads without any public transport on them have got damaged. Which amount to the vast majority of roads in the city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny5 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Until there is a public transport system that mirrors what the car does, IE, door to door service , people will never give up their motors. I agree. Until people have knowledge and faith that the transportation system is reliable, clean, and efficient then they won't leave their cars at home. What have scc done to convince people that this is the case? Made some streets one way and drawn some yellow lines and ramped up parking charges. Genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Of course cars damage the roads. How do you think all the roads without any public transport on them have got damaged. Which amount to the vast majority of roads in the city So massive ,heavy buses dont damage the roads then. ? :hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Of course cars damage the roads. How do you think all the roads without any public transport on them have got damaged. Which amount to the vast majority of roads in the city Poor quality surfacing combined with water / frost damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawny1970 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Quote: Originally Posted by bazjea Of course cars damage the roads. How do you think all the roads without any public transport on them have got damaged. Which amount to the vast majority of roads in the city Poor quality surfacing combined with water / frost damage. you mean poor quality pot hole repair that collapses and takes more of the road with it, with the amount of investment scc has put into the roads in the last 30 years, a wagon and horse would still destroy the roads, no proper upkeep and no matter whats on it, it will still fail, scc keeps blaiming govement but get money every year for roads from same central govement Posted from Sheffieldforum.co.uk App for Android Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonfall Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 "... speaking after the announcement, Lord Wolfson said: “Sheffield City Council should stop wasting its time trying to prevent investment in the city and instead focus on revitalising the city centre. The commercial heartland of the city continues to fall further and further behind the other great industrial cities of Britain ..." http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/business/next-retail-row-boss-to-speak-in-sheffield-1-5931955 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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