There has been some recent controversy, stirred up by our MP (who is not of course from St Albans).

I have certainly been told by many residents that they are frustrated by the fact that St Peter’s Street is still open to cars, although others have doubts about where the cars would go banned from the town centre. Evidence gathered when the street was closed for roadworks over the past two years shows that ‘footfall’ (the number of people shopping) went up when the street was closed.

No pedestrianisation scheme is likely to exclude buses or taxis – or emergency vehicles. If readers have views then let me know by completing the on-line poll on this site.