THE debate over the closure of Walton Street is to continue tonight with a residents' meeting.
The route was closed earlier this year for resurfacing and the county council then decided to keep it closed on a trial basis and is consulting the public on the proposal.
Now a group called Jericho Connections is staging a meeting with a view to getting the street reopened.
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It says it wants the street reopened for six months while baseline data is collected prior to a formal consultation.
People will gather for the Jericho Connections discussion at a house in St Barnabas Street, Jericho.
And a My Jericho discussion group will talk about the closure at 5.15pm at the community centre.
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Last month the council said: “The formal consultation will run for six months during which time if problems are identified then we could abandon or alter the restriction in place.
"Any decision to make the closure permanent would be taken by the cabinet member for transport Yvonne Constance at a public meeting.”
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The maximum duration the trial will be in place for is 18 months.
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