Veurne postpones work Ooststraat after protest

But the shopkeepers say they were informed about the works much too late, and are now making their move. A planned consultation with the city tonight will still take place. Benny Merlevede, Standaard Boekhandel: “The announcement of the works was very surprising to all of us, a bit taken aback to have to put it in West Flemish. I can imagine that people from the fashion sector, where the spring collections are now have come in, those people are aiming for March and April. If there is a sudden blockage then it is not popular.”

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Twenty traders wrote a joint letter to the city, asking them to postpone the works because they were notified much too late. With result, because the city decided this afternoon to postpone the road works indefinitely.