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What a waste of money, what benefits will this bring to Wellington, why not spend the money on increasing the number of buses.
Are people really that lazy that they could not walk from wher ethe bus station was to the train station.
There is a reduction of around 40% in the number of car parking spaces that the new car park ofers, I am sure that will please the local traders, and it will only get worse as they build the new council offices – where are the staff going to park – oh yes – where the shoppers park – brilliant.
Well done Council give yourselves a pat on the back.
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Its the bus depot on charlton street that needed moving, trying to drive or walk down there is a joke with busses taking up the whole road, surely halesfield would be a better venue?
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Why would any one go to Wellington? half of the shops have closed down i find the place a bit of a dump!!
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How heartening to see such positive comments. TelfordWolves, the improvements to the town are being made to try to transform it into a more inviting place, as it once was. There are lots of independent shops and a hell of a market just to name a couple of things. Bring in a coffee chain, restore the buildings, plant things, restore the station and we’ll be halfway there!
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PS – a pity the signmakers had to insert and inappropriate apostrophe on the sign though…still a very small gripe in the big scheme of things!
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TelfordWolves – Wellington is far from a dump if you know where to look (which you clearly don’t). See my group’s website for a few ideas: http://www.wellingtonunderthewrekin.co.uk
Incidentally, about 20 of my friends travelled up to Wellington from London last weekend to enjoy the Midsummer Fayre. They were able to take great country walks from the town out to Wrockwardine (where they were staying) and up The Wrekin for the Barrel Race on Sunday. They enjoyed dinner in the town, as well as drink at the area’s best real ale pub. They visited quality local butchers, bakers and a delicatessen for lunch, then spent an afternoon at Sunnycroft, the town’s National Trust Property. They really enjoyed themselves – who’d have thought it!
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Peter – you state that the improvements are aimed at trying to make it into an inviting place like it use to be. Unfortunately I doubt that we will see those days again since Wellington was then a town by itself and not part of a much larger authority.
In terms of inviting what about all the empty boarded up pubs, shops, reduced car parking.
The otehr writer goes on about all the independent shops, well how many of them are there and of what quality !
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