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Business leader says 'pull down bus station'
The head of a business lobbying group has blasted Preston's bus station "an A1 eyesore."
Frank McKenna, chairman of Downtown Preston in Business, has called for the landmark building to be demolished to make way for the 700m Tithebarn redevelopment of the city centre.
It follows an appeal by Preston MP Mark Hendrick to stop the building being granted listed status following an application by the 21st Century Society.
In a column in lepbusinessweek supplement on Tuesday, Mr McKenna said the station must go.
He said: "It beggars belief that local people are actually campaigning
to have the thing listed.
"It is an A1 eyesore, a blot on the landscape and should be demolished
by the local authorities at the earliest opportunity.
"The fact that it is 'the largest bus station in Europe' is beside the
point.
"As well as being a monstrosity, it is a barrier to the progress Preston needs to make if it is to drag itself into the 21st century, as an attractive, business-friendly city, that has a transport infrastructure that can cope with the additional 3,000 people that the powers that be have aspirations to attract into Preston in future years."
Culture Minister Margaret Hodge told Mr Hendrick she would "look in detail" at all submissions she receives on the application in a House of Commons debate last week.
Read Frank McKenna's opinion in your lepbusinessweek supplement in Tuesday's Evening Post.
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