Angry business owners in Kirton say works to improve flooding safety which have split the village in two are starting to have a “devastating” impact after going on for too long.
Boston Borough and Kirton Parish Councillor Peter Watson has taken up the fight for businesses in his patch.“This has taken since April, the roadworks are basically not even 50% done and now they’ve extended this period to the end of August. “[Now we’re] just reliant on the people that come in through the door. There’s no there’s no compensation. There’s no nothing, but that’s affecting all us local businesses.”She said business had been fantastic prior to the lockdown and the works.
“But after that, it’s just gotten quieter and quieter. We’ve lost a lot of bookings, including a couple of functions, because people just couldn’t get through to get to us.” “They’ve stopped [the village], it’s been like that since Easter… we just had COVID for two years… how do they expect people to survive?”