Weren't we told the bus station has concrete cancer? It's going so get used to it!

I for one cant wait for the bus station to be pulled down, it is a an eyesore, total waste of space and a dangerous place to go. It is people like this plonker that is holding up the redevelopment of our city, so that we finally have a city to be proud of, not laughed at.

Get a life young man.

Absolutely outrageous young man.I will offer my services to any contractor to let me push the button that will rid our city of that monstrous carbuncle. A symbol of everything I despise about Preston's lack of progress.You dont need a life just an education

I would like to say that this concrete monster,was built fit for purpose at a time when Preston needed it. I remember as a kid standing for hours watching it being built,and at junior school in Avenham you could see the go bus neon round sign flashing from the windows of the hall, it was a wonderful building. But it is now well past its best and is standing in the way of our city moving on to a better future, that has been in the pipeline for years and will go ahead and the bus station will fall. There will be a better bus station built in its place as public transport has still a bright future for the city.The people of Preston will see the benefit of regeneration so will our kids and their kids so lets see this project started as soon as possible.

PROPOSED TITHEBARN DEVELOPMENT

The bottom line with this proposed development, and indeed all other similar concepts for the City, is, and remains, that it should be mothballed.

Mothballed indeed until such time as there is in place a fully operational integrated transport strategy, without which the City Centre and its immediate environs will soon simply choke to death.

Emphasis generally is often given, and rightly so, to the outstanding strategic location of the
wider City area and ease of access to national motorways and airports, as well as the countryside and local amenities and attractions. But without a vibrant heartbeat at the centre, the effectiveness of many development strategies will be greatly diminished, whilst, in the worst case scenario, some strategies may well simply just fail altogether.

To my knowledge, proposals for a comprehensive fully funded feasibility study of all the transport options available, (be they bus, guided bus, Parry People Movers (www.parrypeoplemovers.com), train & tramway (rapid transport) etc. etc), have been around
for well over 5 years now and such remains the overriding and urgent priority and first step.

But, to the public eye, at least, nothing has been done. Such is the vision!

Pivotal to such strategy should be a central bus/tram interchange based on the present (revamped) Bus Station, whilst another similar facility may, ultimately, prove viable in the immediate vicinity of the Railway Station.

Plans to simply demolish the present Bus Station look, to most interested observers, ever more lunatic, (on many counts), as time passes. Those who, despite much & increasing public antipathy, continue to simply peddle such long outdated notions ad nauseam really do need an almighty “wake up call”.

Such “heads in the sand” attitudes do a great disservice to democracy and the community. Experience tells us that usually much is lost and little, if anything, gained. For example, the crimin

al destruction of the original Town Hall and the advent of the (still) ghastly Crystal House.

As always, time will be the judge. But, by then, the loss will be irretrievable, and those responsible gone!

Whilst in essence the Tithebarn development has very much its place, such must not be at the expense of the iconic Bus Station, and an alternative location must be found.

To date the Riversway (Docklands) development has been little short of a disaster and needs a complete revamp. A fresh start.

It does however provide one location, and there are others, which might provide a quintessential home for such as John Lewis and others of similar ilk.

But, first the area needs to be brought into the City as an integral part of the central mix. This can be achieved but only following the input of appropriate high speed & visible rapid transport links and a major international attraction and/or development draw
for the area.

Transport considerations apart, the Bristol Docklands experience, for one, needs to be studied and carefully evaluated. And, albeit on a much larger scale, London’s Canary Wharf & Salford Quays provide much which should give plenty of food for thought,

Got you pretty wound up Leroy. Agree with your points tell me do the council actually consult you? They should.

Andrew: well done - your campaign will get a lot of support.

Leroy: very well said - could not agree more

brigpnefan: to say that the bus station "was built fit for purpose at a time when Preston needed it" is not an argument, not even a poor one.
You coud say the same about the Harris Museum but I do hope you wouldn't want to bulldoze it too?

Good one you mate. For me, the decision to tear down the bus station (and multi storey car park) then build a new car park and separate bus station using tens of millions of quid from the NWDA (our money), Lancashire County Council (again, our money) and Preston Council (ditto) borders on maladministration. Add to this the fact that, like it or lump it, the bus station is a masterpiece of its type. Might not be to everybody's taste, but this structure is all but unique in Britain.