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Published:
April 1, 2009
Struggling Highbridge traders will
get business rates reductions
 Sedgemoor
District Council is to help traders in the centre of Highbridge
whose trade has been hit by long-running major roadworks.
Work
to replace gas mains along Church Street began in January and
has caused endless queues of traffic and dented the trade of local
businesses.
MP
David Heathcoat-Amory visited the business owners in February,
as pictured, when he saw at first hand the problems.
The
matter was taken up with Sedgemoor's Revenues Team, who announced
on Wednesday that a solution had been found.
"The
Valuation Office have visited the area and ascertained that the
size of the works undertaken and time they will take to complete
are sufficient to warrant a temporary reduction in the Rateable
Value of properties affected," council spokeswoman Claire
Faun told Burnham-On-Sea.com.
"The
Valuation Officer will process these reductions shortly, which
will enable Sedgemoor District Council to issue revised Business
Rate bills to the affected traders."
As
first reported
by Burnham-On-Sea.com, businesses in Church Street say their trade
has been badly hit by the three months of work.
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