When will station rebuild begin?

Interesting news about Crewe Station this week on the back of confirmation that Cheshire East Council have purchased the old Royal Mail Sorting Office complex for £2.75m. We carried that news on the blog a while back, but comments from CE Cllr Jamie Macrae suggest that with the land secured plans will be developed sooner rather than later. The station entrance will probably be cited at the top of Weston Road. Quite what that means in terms of timescale is anyone's guess as they are also looking to utilise the land in the interim period. Basically, rent some of it out for storage, perhaps? I'd like to see this pushed on as even council leader Cllr Wesley Fitzgerald continues to state that Crewe will be the area's hub for business, transport links and growth. Let's hope that it's not another town centre Modus fiasco... 

Confidence in regeneration plan for Crewe!

Twelve months ago I was very sceptical about the whole Crewe Vision consultation and subsequent report/recommendations. Basically, we'd heard it all before. Now, however, it seems that Cheshire East Council is getting behind it and looks determined to drive it forward. The recruitment of a delivery executive (on a salary of around £65,000) is a serious commitment and you'd hope money well spent. It's certainly not the kind of cash to throw about in times of austerity, is it? So fingers crossed. Let's hope we start to see some action sooner rather than later...

Confidence in regeneration plan for Crewe!

Twelve months ago I was very sceptical about the whole Crewe Vision consultation and subsequent report/recommendations. Basically, we'd heard it all before. Now, however, it seems that Cheshire East Council is getting behind it and looks determined to drive it forward. The recruitment of a delivery executive (on a salary of around £65,000) is a serious commitment and you'd hope money well spent. It's certainly not the kind of cash to throw about in times of austerity, is it? So fingers crossed. Let's hope we start to see some action sooner rather than later...