Axe falls on funding for £1.6m revamp of city's railway station
Published: 2010-06-22 09:25:33
Plans to revamp Derby station have been dealt a major blow after the Government cut its funding.
(Sourced from Derby Telegraph.)
More than £800,000, due to be spent on redesigning the layout of the car park, taxi rank and bus stops at the railway station in Midland Road, has been pulled as part of national reductions in public spending.
John Forkin, director of Marketing Derby, which aims to attract investment into the city, said: "I think this is very disappointing news.
"The station is a very important gateway to the city and I think everyone feels the image of Derby has improved significantly since work to improve it started around two years ago.
"It's really important that the progress we have made in and around the railway station is continued in order to finish what we started."
Planning permission had already been secured for the station forecourt plans and work was due to start in late summer to autumn.
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