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Speaker 1: It's been good news for the people of Glenelg. The

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Speaker 1: trade is I'm talking about when it comes to Jelly Road,

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Speaker 1: that's been under a lot of pressure for many, many

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Speaker 1: down there. Ian Matheson is the owner of Marlou Galleries

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Speaker 1: on Jety Road down at the bay, and we've been

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Speaker 1: hearing we've been hearing that well. As of tomorrow, five

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Speaker 1: o'clock tomorrow afternoon, Jelly Roguelenelg will officially reopen to vehicle traffic.

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Speaker 1: So in your reaction to that as a business owner

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Speaker 2: Nice to talk to you again, Yeah, good good. So

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Speaker 2: the roads to open tomorrow five pm. Jety Road. There

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Speaker 2: is a lot of work still to be done. The sidewalks,

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Speaker 1: Fixed wells are still going to be closed, isn't it.

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Speaker 2: It will still be closed, Yes, still be closed.

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Speaker 1: So how is the traffic going to get around?

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Speaker 2: So from what I've heard is they're going straight down

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Speaker 2: Moses Street, straight.

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Speaker 1: Down Moseley Street, okay, straight.

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Speaker 2: From Jeti Road. Straight down Moses Street. So for us,

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Speaker 2: if you recall an interview a couple of weeks ago

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Speaker 2: works would be finished and the road would be opened

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, I'm happy that the roads are open because

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Speaker 2: it brings more people down and they and people will

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Speaker 2: down Jenny Road, which is great. It will help a

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Speaker 2: lot of traders. But still the parking, I think it's

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Speaker 2: still going to be an issue. And so we're the

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Speaker 2: foot traffic for patrons like yourself and everyone else that

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Speaker 2: wants to come down and go to these shops because

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Speaker 2: of if if the if the foot path hasn't been done,

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Speaker 2: then where are people going to walk?

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Speaker 1: Well, there's that, but also when it comes to parking,

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Speaker 1: it's really hard getting around Glenolg full stop, and especially

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Speaker 1: If you can't park down there, there's other side streets

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Speaker 1: too where it's very difficult to find parking and there's

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Speaker 1: not much parking. You've got coals, you've got woolworts, you've

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Speaker 1: got the on just off partry Street. You've got a

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Speaker 1: couple of multi level parking places there, but it's still

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Speaker 1: it's not really enough. It's not enough if you for

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Speaker 1: the big crowds that want to get down to the

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Speaker 1: Bay and enjoy the sun, enjoyed the beach all that,

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Speaker 2: Well, from what I've heard, there's still they're still struggling

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Speaker 2: a little bit yep down there. I mean, you've got

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Speaker 2: the Bay Sheffield coming up on the twenty seven, twenty

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Speaker 2: really bigger. I don't know if people are going to

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Speaker 2: in February. Once again, don't know if people are going

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Speaker 2: they these these traders resumed back to work, so obviously

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Speaker 1: Well obviously and causing a lot of noise and a

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Speaker 1: they be they're shutting off access to some of the

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Speaker 2: And I mean I've had a lot of I've had

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Speaker 2: The idea behind these these pavers was so it makes

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Speaker 2: still looks really really disgusting. Yeah, two people, we should

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Speaker 2: two people on a mop and bucket every day coming

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Speaker 1: I was driving along at Patrick Street yesterday. I looked

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Speaker 2: Well they have, they have cleaned up quite a lot

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Speaker 2: But look, I have heard from a lot of the

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Speaker 1: The when it comes to parking, getting big to parking.

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Speaker 1: I notice it took him ages to do something about

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Speaker 1: that should have been done immediately. It's as a way

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Speaker 2: It should have it should have been it should have

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Speaker 2: should have been the traders passes, so the traders can

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Speaker 2: park without getting a ticket. Out of tomorrow five pm,

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Speaker 2: traders that are still parked on the side of the

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Speaker 2: road will get a ticket an eighty four dollars Christmas present.

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Speaker 2: Let's say, because.

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Speaker 1: That's ridiculous and forth, haven't you got it? Can't you

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Speaker 1: get some sort of sign on your car to say

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Speaker 2: Look, I've talked to a lot of traders, and a

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Speaker 2: lot of traders would love to have that, But again

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Speaker 1: Give it, but that's ludicrous, that's just stupidity.

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Speaker 2: Yep, yeah, that's exactly what this council is. The council

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Speaker 1: I can't believe it. I can't believe it. They've sort

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Speaker 2: On top, on top of all of that, you've got

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Speaker 2: so not only do you have that, but you've got

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Speaker 2: the three hour parks now all through Glenelg's but only

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Speaker 2: it's only the Jetty Road and about fifteen meters or

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Speaker 2: there's you've got. You've got two car parks that that charge.

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Speaker 2: I just I do once this strip opens, I just

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Speaker 2: shopping and supporting the traders for only three hours. You

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Speaker 1: Yeah, how speaking of the beach house the beach going,

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Speaker 1: I haven't been't I lived down at the Bay North.

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Speaker 1: I haven't been down to the beach for ages because

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Speaker 1: the symptoms that come along with the Alga blue afterwards.

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Speaker 1: So I haven't been down there since because I don't

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Speaker 2: Driving from Domi Esperanad where the Broadway Kaoski is tonight

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Speaker 2: I was. I was able to see there was a

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Speaker 2: lot of people in the water, a lot, And there

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Speaker 2: was a lot of people in the water yesterday, especially

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Speaker 2: There is a lot of there's a lot of people

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Speaker 2: in the water, which is good because it looks it

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Speaker 2: doesn't look murky, it doesn't look phone is. It looks

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Speaker 2: really nice out there. I don't know what their symptoms are,

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Speaker 2: that's one way people want to cool off, then.

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Speaker 1: That's fine if it's it's clear. But if it's not

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Speaker 1: getting respiratory problems the way that they did a few

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Speaker 1: months ago, then that's not going to be a good

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Speaker 2: No, No, it's not No, it's not today. Today, there

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Speaker 2: was a couple of videos on social media of people

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Speaker 2: I'm not four people jumping off for Jetty because of

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Speaker 2: the the dangers.

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Speaker 1: The dangers, yeah, yeah, the dangers, spider injuries for starters, yeh.

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Speaker 2: Becuse we don't know what's under there. And to be

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Speaker 2: honest with everything that's going on with the Alga Blue,

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Speaker 2: I mean you could you could have a stingo down there,

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Speaker 2: or you can have you know, trolley's been pushed into

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Speaker 2: for me. Yeah, you know the beach, the beach does

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Speaker 2: look good. It's a checking people down to the beach.

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Speaker 2: I don't know how many are going in the water

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Speaker 2: the beachfront is very busy though.

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Speaker 1: Well that's good. That's good news, and hopefully that's translating

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Speaker 1: to trade for Jenny Road traders. Ian listen, I got

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Speaker 1: to keep moving, but thanks for chatting with me tonight

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Speaker 1: and wishing you and other traders all the beast for

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Speaker 1: the Christmas period and hopefully you're able to recoup before

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Speaker 1: we do go. Can I ask you, out of all

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Speaker 1: the traders on Jenny Road, how many business has had

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Speaker 1: to close their doors for good?

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Speaker 2: I think I think we're up to about thirteen fourteen.

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Speaker 2: We had another three last night.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.

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Speaker 2: I'm so sorry, Andrew. You have a very merry Christmas

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Speaker 2: to you and your family and the rest of the

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Speaker 2: team at five Double A, and I hope you have

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Speaker 2: a good New Year. But don't talk to you before then.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you will. Liam, Okay, you take care of

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Speaker 1: and all the beast for you too. Thanks very much,