Wisbech Market Place saga is finally to be resolved

Published: 1:35 PM January 28, 2010 Updated: 6:15 AM November 4, 2020

AT last it seems like the long running saga of our Market Place, which I have on more than one occasion publicly described to Fenland councillors as second only in longevity to The Mouse Trap , is to be resolved. I well remember that when I was Mayor in

AT last it seems like the long running saga of our Market Place, which I have on more than one occasion publicly described to Fenland councillors as second only in longevity to 'The Mouse Trap', is to be resolved.

I well remember that when I was Mayor in 2001-2 I felt so strongly about the potentially-dangerous daily chaos that existed in the Market Place that I called a public meeting.

I explained to a packed audience that I was not personally trying to tell those in authority what to do, but I just wanted all concerned (including Fenland District Council, Wisbech Town Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, our MP and police) to get together and sort out the problem, particularly in view of the ever-increasing daily confrontations between motorists and pedestrians.

Now some 10 years later a scheme has been agreed upon, and I for one am delighted and would personally congratulate the AJC on reaching what I too consider to be the better of the two final options.

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Not only did Wisbech Town Council vote unanimously for option two but it was basically the innovative scheme that they put forward in the first place!

And most of the credit for this must go to its 'designer', former town councillor Anne Carlisle, who has been sorely missed since she left the Fenland and Town Council Chambers.