A Birkenhead Market trader says Wirral Council are ‘destroying the market and many livelihoods’ in relocation plans to temporary market space.
In March, Wirral Council proposed plans to open a temporary market space in St Werburgh’s Square for Birkenhead Market traders.
However, despite there being 72 traders in Birkenhead, the new temporary space will only be able to hold 24 stalls inside and 24 stalls outside meaning some will be unable to continue trading.
Andrew Porter, a trader at the markets, has had his stall for 10 years and says the new plans for the temporary market space are unsuitable for traders.
He said: “Not only is there not enough room for all the traders but the outside area doesn’t have protection from the wind and rain which means we would have to set up and pack up every day.