They were taken shortly before the launch of a trial ban on traffic along the stretch of road. It followed the opening of the so-called ‘Inner Relief Road’ (John Adams Way) almost two years earlier after more than two decades of planning.

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Around the corner to New Street. | JPIMedia

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Also closed would be the Market Place end of Bank Street and the Strait Bargate end of Mitre Lane. | JPIMedia

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Towards the end of the six-month period a full report on the effects of closure on both pedestrians and traffic would be given to a meeting of the Transportation Sub-committee. | JPIMedia

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The sub-committee would then make a decision on whether pedestrianisation would be continued permenantly or abandoned. | JPIMedia
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