Edge Lane Demolitions and Hypocrisy
Cllr Steve Radford , Hazel Williams and Chris Lenton
Liberal Party
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Liverpool
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Dear Editor
For many years we have all recognised the need to extend the M62 access to the city centre.
However the Edge Lane debate has been about why so many houses, far removed from the planned road extension should be Compulsory Purchased and demolished at great public cost
We were fascinated by the comments of Lib Dem Cllr Marbrow "John Prescot seems to have decided that the way to regenerate areas is to knock them down"
It is the actual policy of this Lib Dem Council to continue a massive programme of CPO and demolitions throughout the terraced communities of Liverpool
In fact only this month at the city council the Lib Dem Group on the council reiterated this policy, the only dissent being from our Liberal Party Group and one lone Lib Dem rebel John Coyne.
When we asked Lib Dem Cllrs to call in for scrutiny the 1000 CPO's for Edge Hill and Anfield ,the day before Christmas Eve we got no support from Cllr Marbrow or any of his colleagues- so his comments about demolition seem somewhat shallow
The Liverpool Pathfinder Project has an obsession with demolition and very little renovation, particularly when we compare with the Manchester /Salford Pathfinder
It is cynical and hypocritical for Lib Dem and Labour Politicians to selectively blame each other for a project sponsored by this LIb Dem Council and funded by a Labour Government
Cllrs Steve Radford, Hazel Williams and Chris Lenton
Liberal Party Group
