 Over ten years and still it looks like this |
This is the sad sight of the old Western National bus depot at Laira. It is hard to believe that it was 10 years ago when the old depot was closed.  way back in 1999 there were plans for the site: Plymouth City Council is considering plans from Salmon Harvester Properties to transform the former First Western National bus depot into six retail units totalling 69,000 sq ft. 15-Jul-1999 The site looks a mess and causes other problems too: HOW much longer will Plymouth City Council allow the old Western National bus depot site at Laira Bridge to remain in such a disgraceful condition? In my opinion it has been an eyesore for more than 10 years, and recently once again became a haven for travellers who abandoned rubbish, gas cylinders and other residues of their illegal three-month occupation.1st May 2010 A reminder of what the site looked like back in the early 1980's...  Cyber Heritage collection |
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18 May 2010
Site for sore eyes
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A new link road is being built across the site to link the embankment and Laira Bridge and to party bypass Heles Terrace.
ReplyDeleteThis will be last stage of the Gydina Way road works / east end gateway project. I then beleive this will open up the site for some form of retail units.
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ReplyDeleteThat does make sense. I must admit I had missed that detail in all the changes planned.
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Are there any aerial photo's about before the current link road was built, im just wondering if this was built on part of the depot, or was it housing that made way for it to be built?
ReplyDeleteThe link road was built on the old railway track which used to run here into Sutton Harbour. It was never part of the depot.
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