One in Four Linwood Residents tell Renfrewshire Council to ‘Get a move on!’

- Give us our Town Centre ASAP -

Campaigning politician Wendy Alexander delivered this morning over 750 letters to Renfrewshire Council – letters she has gathered from Linwood residents asking them to “Give us our new Town Centre ASAP”

Wendy said

“Renfrewshire council planners have had the application for a new town centre for over 7 months.  They have had time enough to give it the go-ahead. People in Linwood are getting tired of the delays.

I have collected letters from hundreds of residents to demonstrate to the Council, that the people of the town wanted them to get on with it. My postcard campaign has had an amazing response. Nearly one in four Linwood homes has written back to me.  Today we are delivering over 750 Linwood letters to the Planning Department calling on them to “Say yes now to a new Linwood”

Wendy said thank you to all Linwood residents who have supported the campaign for a better Linwood.  And she issued a “Linwood shopping list” to keep the authorities on their toes

“The delays must stop. Here is my “Linwood shopping list”

1.    The Council’s planning board must give the go-ahead to the new shopping centre
2.    The legal transfer from the council to Tesco must now happen as quickly as possible
3.    The council tenants above the shopping centre should  be re-housed ASAP
4.    Tesco must start on site as soon as they can
5.    all the remaining shops to be temporarily re-housed nearby so these businesses can continue trading during the building period.
6.    Council to reverse its proposed closure of Linwood’s Daycentre – Kilallan

Editor’s note: see attached photo Wendy Alexander – over 750 A6 sized postcards (all stamped & posted into Wendy by 750 Linwood residents)  strung together with members of the Linwood Elderly Forum on Monday 1st Dec in Linwood Shopping Centre. Later postcard details forwarded to Planning Department.