News from East Midlands Labour

New Secretary of State for Transport welcomes major investment in Broxtowe

Two major investment projects in Broxtowe were today, October 10th, officially launched by Labour’s new Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt. Hon Geoff Hoon.

Geoff officially opened the new T1 Phoenix Flyer bus service, which connects Kimberley, Nuthall, Awsworth and Cossall to the Phoenix tram stop in Cinderhill and he also officially opened the new £70m Giltbrook Retail Park.

On his first visit since taking up the post of Transport Secretary, Geoff praised the hard work of the local Labour MP, Nick Palmer and Labour Councillor Richard Robinson, who worked hard over the last two years to make sure that the residents of Kimberley got the bus route that they wanted.

“Both the bus route and the new retail park are about offering local people a choice. A choice in where they shop and how they travel and it is a real tribute to the local MP Nick Palmer and local Councillor Richard Robinson who have listened to the people of Broxtowe and have turned their hopes into reality,” said Geoff.

Cllr Richard Robinson said:

“When we undertook a survey of local residents, the response showed that the majority of residents were in favour of this new bus route. The service has now been running for a week and we are very pleased with the take up so far. We are hoping that the new bus route will help to ease the congestion on the A610 and will provide people with an alternative route to the tram stop and the new Giltbrook Retail Park.

“Both Nick and I are very pleased that this new service provides late night bus services running through Kimberley at the weekends. I would like to thank Veolia for running the new bus service and British Land and Tesco whose contributions have made this possible.”

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