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[email protected] The Voice of the Community www.ucra.co.uk UPMINSTER & CRANHAM RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION • What arrangements for compensation will Think Local, Shop Local! be extended to our local businesses, particularly those on the A127, and Residents will have seen the turnover of shops in Upminster and residents who will have to endure a further Cranham, particularly our independent stores, and have 15 months of pollution, delay and expressed concern over the long-term future of our High Street inconvenience? and Shopping Parades. Businesses already face tough challenges with rents, rates, out-of-town and on-line competition, but most • This junction is a vital route through our of all they need custom. If each of the 18+ population in borough, carrying considerable amounts of Upminster and Cranham (20,600) spent just £5 per week in our traffic. The ongoing delays has created rat- local independent shops, that would generate some £5.4m for runs in nearby residential roads creating our local economy each year. Also, our independent shops are significant inconvenience, pollution and more likely to source supplies and services locally, such as increased traffic flow for residents to accountancy, fresh produce, building maintenance, etc, contend with. What measures will be put in therefore keeping the local pound circulating in the local economy. Strong local place to mitigate against this economies thrive on supporting independent shops with a local pound (or a fiver in inconvenience until the Spring of 2019? this case!). The Upminster Conservation Partnership, formerly The Central We shall update you with the response.