2023-07-19 14:59:11
Another big issue: the extension of the pedestrian area, work on which should begin in 2024. The association, which was rather lukewarm at the start, took note of the inevitability of this change in the accessibility of Namur but wants to ensure that beyond the inconvenience caused by the works, the access of customers from the outskirts of the city “who still represent the majority given the few inhabitants of the city center“, can converge easily to make their purchases in the best conditions because even today “no one can say that you can only go shopping by bike or on foot! We must continue to maintain a balance and be certain that it will be possible to park in many places, close to the shops and in an affordable way.“. The association salutes for example “free parking at the Hôtel de Ville and the Rogier car park on Saturdays. As well as free Expo parking all week“but would like more 30-minute free zones close to the pedestrian area once the work is finished, but also the assurance that certain services will be able to pass through without administrative hassle with their vehicles”as contractors during work to be carried out, urgently or not, within a business“.
The merchants’ association wants to remain involved in the future projects of the city and the various local authorities as soon as the themes can influence their activity but the president Etienne Dethier underlines that if certain points sometimes block, the discussion remains positively open as in the mayor Maxime Prévot’s position regarding the ban on begging near the city’s galleries, a decision “which is not the one we had in mind for us at the start but which demonstrates that we are heard“.
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