Moving the town centre indeed!
However, the more I thought about it and talked about it with friends, the more I could see plenty of positives – as long as things are done right.
We don't want a load more houses and no extra infrastructure to s
upport them.
We don't want a few small shops pulling customers away from town centre businesses already struggling to cope.
What the town needs is something to pull in more people from a wider area.
Whatever is built between the Park and the River Waveney needs to be something with magnet-like qualities.
It needs to be something that people will come to Diss to see and then stay to have a look around the town and use the businesses.
With no cinema, theatre, proper leisure centre or major shopping centre within a 25-mile radius, Diss could really be at the centre of things, rather than in the middle of nowhere.
We now just need to make sure the decision-makers get it right.
Mrs P. Clark, Victoria Road, Diss
- On paper, no doubt, the plans for Diss look good.
But what about the sewage, car parks, schools?
The up-keep of the roads and pavements?
The roads in Diss are a disgrace and this new plan will completely divide the Old and New Town.
The full article contains 253 words and appears in Diss Express newspaper.
