ECCOnoob Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Ive never felt the need to drive into town, however I agree with Julado re removing the Freebie bus. It was a bad move for those of us accessing the Moor from the tram. I walk down, but I'm not encouraged to buy much to carry back to the tram stop. Other cities like Manchester and Leeds have a free city bus, bringing people to the shops, why can't we? Actually the Leeds one is now £1 per journey. The Manchester one is funded by both the City Council and GMPTE. Perhaps if our council could have chopped away some more of the ever dwindling budget to chip in for the costs it might have stayed. - wonder if people would have been very happy with that eh? Its also quite interesting that at the time of withdrawal of the Freebee the Rotherham one continued on by getting payments from the owners of Parkgate Shopping Centre. So Rotherham's free bus was actually pulling people away from the Town Centre and giving them a nice free shuttle to Parkgate instead. In other words they are not so free after all unless a council is prepared to sacrifice funding from one of their other services to keep it going or a private corporation (with their own motives) wants to keep it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 The piling rigs are there now. piling rigs for what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apelike Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Most of us have legs and are able. So get off your fat arse's people and fooking walk in the fresh air Shouldn't that read polluted air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planner1 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 piling rigs for what ? HSBC's new offices with shops underneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 HSBC's new offices with shops underneath. oh right an office block with a few shops underneath . Is this the anchor tenant for the 500 million RETAIL quarter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) No of course it's not. The Anchor tenants will be a large department store most likely John Lewis. Clearly the HSBC block will just be one of many blocks that forms the development Edited April 30, 2017 by ECCOnoob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 No of course it's not. The Anchor tenants will be a large department store most likely John Lewis. Clearly the HSBC block will just be one of many blocks that forms the development office blocks ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Mixed use most probably. Quite frankly who gives a toss as long as the area gets its investment and gets developed. There is more to the global project than just about trying to create a city centre version of Meadowhall. Mixed use areas with retail on the lower levels / workspaces or residential on the upper levels is is what other city developments have had for decades. Look at what is on top of and combined within the Liverpool One, Manchester Arndale, Nottingham Victoria, Birmingham Bullring developments. Its not just about shopping all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 fair enough but as I said before , excuse me for being cynical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebasher Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Woohoo, can't wait for HSBC to move to the new retail quarter..... Why would i miss the old building, with it's masses of parking and ease of access so i can go work down the Moor with nowhere to park and crap roads surrounding it. Still, probably be a Greggs underneath it Inspired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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