I understand that planning to rebuild Maitland Street has been underway for a long time and that the current road is long overdue for an upgrade but the timing could have been better. Christmas shoppers want to do their browsing and buying well before December 1 when the work is to be halted until January. Why could the whole sealing project, and partial closures, not have waited until after the Christmas shopping period which is so vitally important to our retailers?

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