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Plymouth Tories shelve Bretonside regeneration plan for six years

Plymouth Labour Councillors reacted angrily at the news that the Tory controlled City Council is to push back plans to regenerate Bretonside Bus Station in the heart of the City Centre until 2014 at the earliest.

The information was revealed in a bundle of papers during a meeting on car parking.

“We came across this news almost by accident”, said Councillor Tudor Evans, Labour Leader. “The contents are explosive. The Tories wanted this kept quiet. Bretonside is the least attractive of Plymouth’s assets. It needs urgent regeneration. It is difficult to think of a more urgent site in need of improvement. It is a key gateway to the city.

“To hear of the Tories relegating and pushing this back is deeply disturbing and disappointing. When they were in opposition and looking for votes they promised Bretonside would be a top priority. They branded its run-down state ‘a disgrace’. Now they are in power, they are walking away from their promises. Now that is a disgrace,” added Cllr Evans.

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