A family which runs a fruit farm on the Staffordshire-Shropshire border is blaming roadworks for driving customers away.
Market Drayton Road in Loggerheads is due to reopen on Friday and in the next month planned roadworks taking place on the A53 will mean Newcastle Road will be closed from Sunday until July 2.
Tena Roberts from Bearstone Fruit Farm in London Road in Knighton near Market Drayton said: “I’m not normally one to grouse like that, but I do when nobody can be bothered to sort it out or even talk to us or listen to us or come to use beforehand, even as a courtesy. We’re the one’s losing money and quite a lot of money as well potentially.
"I don’t have an issue with road works happening but unless they’re right in front of our entrance you need to say access as usual or business open as usual. That’s all we want to be considered. James Bailey, assistant director for highways and the built county at Staffordshire County Council said: “The resurfacing work on major roads in Loggerheads is part of our annual preventative treatment programme that helps preserve and extend the life of roads whilst they are still in good condition. It means they last longer and do not require as much maintenance in the future.
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