Fed up residents call for proper Post Office

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SUPPORT continues to build in Bridgwater for our campaign to bring a permanent Post Office back to the town.

Members of the Bridgwater Forward pressure group have joined our calls for the replacement of the temporary facility in Northgate, which has been branded a disgrace by the town’s MP Ian Liddell-Grainger.

Councillors Brian Smedley and Kathy Pearce are among those joining the calls for the Post Office to take urgent action to find a more ‘suitable facility’.

In a letter to Matthew Walls, the field change adviser for the Post Office, they wrote: “Frustration and anger is increasing in the town over the current provision.

"We would therefore appreciate an assurance that Bridgwater will soon have a more suitable facility, which is adequate to meet the needs of local people.

“Accordingly, we would ask you to now assure us that action will immediately be taken to remedy the situation and that you give us a timescale for when this could be achieved.”

Westover ward town Cllr Steve Austen added: “I feel that the length of time this is taking is totally destructive for our beleaguered High Street.”

The campaign, ‘Time to Deliver’, was launched earlier this month and has already collected pages of signatures on petition sheets and via our online Facebook group.

The people of Bridgwater are currently forced to buy their stamps and collect their pensions from a temporary static caravan in a featureless car park in Northgate.

Residents have complained it is stuffy and regularly has long queues.

A Post Office spokesman said: “We are actively pursuing a permanent solution. Mr Walls will respond to the councillors.”

You can sign the petition to back the campaign in our town centre offices view the Facebook site below.