Rip out ugly clutter to help revive UK high streets, says thinktank
Exclusive: Report says restricting cars and freeing up pavement space could be a cheap way to bring shoppers back The long decline of the high street is a problem that has gripped British governments for years.
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- But what if there was a solution no one had considered before – doing it all on the cheap?
Spending less money is, admittedly, just one element of a report led by the urban thinktank Create Streets.
But it does argue that rather than multimillion-pound revamps, a better answer could be smaller changes aimed at making town and city centres more appealing.
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