Green Party

Green Party Councillors and local residents are holding a demonstration outside the Earlham House shopping centre tomorrow to put pressure on the City Council to stick to its word and ensure the front car park is cleaned up. The demo follows a lengthy battle by residents, led by the Green Councillors, to have the car park of the shopping centre repaired and made safe.

In November, Norwich City Council issued a section 215 notice to the private owners of the car park, Relay Arch, to carry out the repairs by 8th February - or the Council would carry out the work itself and bill the company for the cost. Residents want the Council to follow up this legal notice and urgently resurface the front car park to fill in the many large potholes and deal with the flooding problem.

Green Party Councillors have been pressing the private owners of the site to carry out this work for two years. They believe that it's now time for the City Council to step in. 829 residents have signed a Green Party petition calling for the Council to make the car park safe and clean.

Adrian Ramsay, Green Party MP candidate for Norwich South and local councillor for the area, said: “It is essential that the Council does the work to clean up the car park and invoices the private company. We've been waiting for years now for the company to fill in pot holes and deal with drainage problem. Given that the company has not done the work, the Council should carry out its enforcement notice and make the park safe and clean for local residents.”

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