Birmingham butcher says new city road rules has cost business £30,000

A butcher in Kings Heath, Birmingham, told GB News the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) has caused his business to suffer a £30k loss.

A butcher has slammed eco "do-gooders" as he blamed a low traffic neighbourhood for a £30,000 loss. A butcher in Kings Heath, Birmingham, told GB News the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) has caused his business to suffer a £30k loss.

"No one has done a consultation in three and a half years to ask the business owners how they are doing”, John Hems said. “We have lots of business closing. They have just put new plans out, they are closing all the roads on the other side which would make it three and a half times more roads closing.

“All the shops are up in arms about it. I chair the Kings Heath Business Association, representing 190 businesses. It is absolutely terrible what they are doing.” Mr Hems joined Martin Daubney on GB News and said: “I would like them to reconsider and ask the businesses what they want.

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“You’ve got businesses wanting to move out, there’s no where to park and you have to walk miles to get to these places. They haven’t got an ounce of common sense. It hasn’t even increased the footfall or cycling. It is just a matter of do-gooders. Consultation is all we want.”

A statement from the Birmingham City Council read: “While there has been local support for this scheme, it is recognised that there have been issues with larger vehicles needing to reverse along sections of these residential streets.

“A proposed new arrangement of one-way streets and diagonal modal filters will continue to ensure that through-traffic is unable to cut through this area, while enabling access to all properties without the need to turn around or reverse.”

Kings Heath Low Traffic Neighbourhood is part of the Places for People project, which is trying to reduce traffic for safer walking and cycling, and to make it nicer to be outside for children to play and neighbours to chat.