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Cllr Marc Brunel-Walker is delighted Bracknell Forest Council has recieved the cash for a revamp of Bracknell bus station
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£1.5 million grant for revamp of bus station

By Hugh Fort
October 02, 2012

Another step has been made towards the regeneration of Bracknell in the form of a Government grant of £1.5 million for a revamp of the town's bus station.

The Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership has been given the money from the Government's Growing Places Funds and awarded it to Bracknell Forest Council.

The money will be largely spent on the upgrade of the bus station but also put towards the ongoing project to regenerate Bracknell town centre.

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Steve Lamb, Chairman of Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (TVB LEP) and senior director at Oracle said: "We have already allocated funds to several projects and have some very exciting initiatives underway including this Bracknell infrastructure project.

"The injection of the Growing Places Fund will help the Thames Valley region to be more innovative, productive and attractive for business as we focus on building the infrastructure that will deliver economic prosperity in the area for the next 30 years."

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Councillor Marc Brunel-Walker, executive member for economic development and regeneration for Bracknell Forest Council said: "This is great news for Bracknell Forest and another positive step forward in the future of Bracknell town centre's regeneration. "The money will help with much needed infrastructure work to the town centre - including the bus station which is a vital transport hub for the town.

"For many people coming to Bracknell Forest by train it is the first thing they see when they leave the station and I am very happy that we will have the funding to give it a much needed facelift."

Helen Barnett, Marketing Manager for Bracknell Regeneration Partnership, said: "I am delighted that Thames Valley Berkshire LEP are awarding this money to Bracknell to help with the town centre regeneration. We will be spending a large part of this money on much needed works to the bus station."

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Wouldn't it be great HK if they could incorporate an indoor space like Slough Indoor Market right by the bus station - nice cuppa whilst you are waiting and a mooch around before catching the bus

Everyone benefits

CMK
05/10/2012 at 07:28

It would be nice if they were to think of spending some money on a new indoor market but no, that would help the traders out wouldn't it. Better to wait until we are being thrown out before thinking about where to put us.

HK, bracknell
04/10/2012 at 16:06

What exactly does £1.5 million get you these days? Am I correct in that the Bracknell regen project was started in around 1995? I remember seeing plans around that time or was it earlier? Either way I shudder to think how much money has been wasted during this time on salaries for very little return.

Chris Meaton
04/10/2012 at 08:43

Does that mean we will actually get a bus service to get us into the revamped town. Can't get out of Winkfield and Ascot on a Sunday to benefit from Sunday opening.

Time4tea
03/10/2012 at 18:15

Hi there, my name is Hugh Fort and I'm the web editor for getbracknell.

In answer to the questions below.

Planning permission was granted a number of years ago for a huge redevelopment of Bracknell.

BRP has since put in another application for permission to amend the designs earlier this year, which has yet to be approved.

It should be up again shortly, if that is approved BRP says it will be in a posttion to move forward.

On the second question, we did not have a picture of the bus station, so went and got one taken.

We realised that picture is actually from the 2003 election so it's pretty old, so we changed it to our own new pic of the bus station.

Hope this helps.

Hugh

Hugh Fort Web editor, Reading
03/10/2012 at 16:34

Hhmmm - do we think the good councillor had a word about his photo?

Winstanley, Bracknell
03/10/2012 at 16:21

Great news... but again I don't see any dates by which this piece of the town centre revamp should start/end. Any idea of whether the planning application has been already submitted/approved? If not, then it will still take ages before anything can get done.

PRB, Bracknell
03/10/2012 at 15:35

Winstanley - it must be the latter as I'm the only Chicken around here. Looking forward to the Bus Depot Upgrade, with improved seating for the street-drinkers.