Billericay residents can spend a penny at both a street market and new public toilet block if ambitious plans for the town get the go-ahead.

Town council chairman Trevor Stansfield has been leading calls for a weekly market to be held in the town's High Street for the past five years.

Now it has been calculated that if the market gets the go-ahead it will bring in £50,000 per year.

Mr Stansfield said this funding could be spent on much-needed projects around the town, such as a new public toilet block in the town centre.

The market would be run by a private contractor, who would share the profits with the Town Council.

Published Friday, April 11, 2003

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