The
following article lacks balance but it does make an interesting point? Let me know what you think - Ed.
The
Two Options For Traders
Option
1.The Yes Camp
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Enable a road to go through the bottom of our
market in exchange for a $30m kickstart to funding much needed infrastructure
improvements.
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Transform the handling of Fruit &
Vegetables to provide a safer,more efficient produce handling structure for
traders through underground facilities. This will enable produce to be stored
and handled immediately adjacent to selling areas without compromising health
& safety.
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Replace an ugly asphalt car park with public
rest & recreation facilities whilst ensuring that existing car park
capacity remains adjacent to the market.
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Improve conditions for customers including
upgraded toilet and service facilities.
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Improve customer access and way-finding in
order to meet the convenience requirements of modern consumers.
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Create a market of markets that accommodates
different offerings, different trading hours, and a variety of options for all
customer groups.
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Provide trading facilities that enable
traders to maximise their presentation to customers including the possibility
of more permanent trading environments.
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Endure some pain during the renewal process
in exchange for arresting the decline of the market and preparing for the next
100 years of profitable market trading.
Option
2. The No Camp
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A coat of paint.
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Some weather protection.
What
is the bigger gamble? Taking action to address the needs of a modern market and
modern consumers OR leaving things as they are and hoping that the obvious
decline of our market over the last 10-15 years will somehow stop.