Lord Street is now closed to thru traffic as preparations are now underway for this afternoon switch on. Thousands of people are expected to turn out so get there early.

Preparations underway for lights switch on pic.twitter.com/8ffUEg7UXu

— Roving-eye (@rovingsouthport) 19 November 2016

I doubt the shops were best pleased about the elongated closure of Lord Street.

That pic shows a ghost town! Although the pics of the switch-on show that there were plenty of folk around then.

Originally Posted by pedoja

I doubt the shops were best pleased about the elongated closure of Lord Street.

That pic shows a ghost town!

...We agree,
Fancy telling us to get there early,Doesnt start till at least half five and celebs not yet turned up,

The timetable of events was known to all well before today.

I know a few business people on Lord St and all to happy to have this type of event to bring trade in, one way or another.

If you have to shut a road off obviously it will seem vacant for a time, planning etc, FFS do we have to spell everything out.

Originally Posted by paulollie

The timetable of events was known to all well before today.

I know a few business people on Lord St and all to happy to have this type of event to bring trade in, one way or another.

If you have to shut a road off obviously it will seem vacant for a time, planning etc, FFS do we have to spell everything out.

The big problem for Southport is that there isn't really a decent alternative to Lord Street.... for through traffic.

Originally Posted by pedoja

The big problem for Southport is that there isn't really a decent alternative to Lord Street.... for through traffic.

Better well said, now we have to campaign to reopen Chapel Street the biggest "Rape" of a Town Centre if ever I saw.

St Helens, Wigan, Leigh, Bolton, Preston, etc etc etc as soon as you take bustling traffic out of a town you get the "Faceless" entities we have now!

If its so called dangerous then learn how to behave in a public area with moderate "risk" ie cars, buses.