South Wales Evening Post - 25 November 2006
Swansea Council is embarking on another major consultation, this time on what shoppers want to see in the city centre.
After all these years of discontent and the number of comments in this newspaper alone on redevelopment, out-of-town shopping and other related issues, do they still not know?
Things are beginning to take shape in the centre. But what people really want, and still can't quite get, is a good, safe day out.
That means enough big-name shops close enough together to beat a trip to a retail park and enough small boutiques to make Swansea city centre a unique experience worth the parking fees.
That may be a tall order, but there are still basic improvements that can be made to encourage more visitors.
For a start, the council team could imagine themselves a stranger trying to get to St David's Car Park from the shops with children - and in the dark. Welcoming, it isn't.
