the rant of these traders from Seine-Maritime

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Like every year, the Saint-Martin fair is an event for the municipality of Neufchâtel-en-Bray (Seine-Maritime).

Between the funfair, the mountain bike race, the big market… the weekend of November 9, 10 and 11 will be festive. However, there is the other side of the story.

A temporary arrangement

For residents of the Main streetthe parking is complicated for a week. And for traders, the closure of the uphill direction of part of the main street is even incomprehensible.

In fact, the rond-point where a giant rooster has been sitting for several days has been arranged to allow the installation of the fairgrounds. For a trader met this Thursday, November 7, 2024, “you almost need Bac + 5 to understand how to take this roundabout”.

Several motorists interviewed on site are of the same opinion. Everyone believes that it is not easy, wherever you come from, to understand the correct way to travel on this roundabout.

Annoyed traders

This merchant is not the only one to be angry because if the party takes place over the long weekend of November 11, the street has been blocked since the beginning of the week. “We cannot do otherwise and we are doing our best not to close it completely” says the City services. An argument that traders have difficulty hearing. One of them, down the street, even prefers to close his shop all week, knowing that the customers who stop at his place mainly come from this roundabout.

What are the solutions: review the location of attractions? Not easy as habits are difficult to change. However, it will certainly be appropriate to review things for the years to come, so that city center traders are not impacted by this festival, which everyone agrees is a great moment of entertainment for the common and that it is important in this month of November, which is always a little dull.

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