Market won't close
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by Hayley Robinson
Rumours that Sittingbourne market
is set to close in six months have been quashed.
Manager Martin Lee says traders
have not been told they must vacate the site.
Though he admits stallholders will
eventually have to move once regeneration works start in the
area.
Supermarket giant Tesco plans to
build a store north of the railway at Milton Creek.
A new bridge will also stretch
south from Tesco, across the Eurolink Way and railway line, to St
Michael’s Circus – a new-look road junction where pedestrians will
have priority over cars, similar to that outside Ashford’s
Debenham’s.
The area around The Forum shopping
centre will also be completely redeveloped with a multi-screen
cinema and entertainment venue creating a cultural quarter.
There will not be any cars. Instead
it will be somewhere to sit and relax and enjoy a coffee.
The development is being undertaken
by the Spirit of Sittingbourne Consortium which is made up of mill
siteowners Essential Land, developer Cathedral Group and financial
fund manager Alyton.
Mr Lee said: "We are already in
talks with the council. I’m not sure what the phasing of works is
going to be but it’s probably about two years away.
"I’m not concerned. We know we will
be relocated. They will find us somewhere. The market is not going
to close at all."
Wednesday, February 08 2012
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