The plans Powys County Council put forward for pedestrianising the centre of Hay, to help with social distancing, have not gone entirely smoothly.
The original thought was to have barriers at the end of Castle Street (and elsewhere) with wardens to allow cars with blue badges through, and delivery trucks during the restricted hours of 11am to 4pm. However, there is no budget for wardens and they have decided a plan to use volunteers is not feasible.
So on Monday the barriers will go up without volunteers.
Hay Council have suggested a chicane, so that permitted vehicles can still access the town centre, and are producing signage to show what the restrictions are, where parking is available and that the businesses in the centre of town are very much open for business. They are also setting up Pop-in and Collect points so that goods can be collected by car.
They are now waiting for Powys County Council to respond.
Meanwhile, Powys County Council have announced two hours of free parking in all their car parks from Saturday 25th July to 31st August to help local businesses.
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