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Search the Public Notice PortalThe efforts of a Bournemouth MP to secure funding to make Pokesdown Station step free has been celebrated by ward councillors.
It was announced on March 19, that Bournemouth East MP Tom Hayes had secured funding from the government to fill a £2.6million funding gap which was left after BCP Council withdrew its contribution.
Councillor Mike Cox, cabinet member for finance, has previously said that the local authority could not “justify” spending the money on “something that is the responsibility of the rail operator,” particularly at a time when the council is facing significant financial pressures.
BCP Council has welcomed the funding and said that it shows “we made the right decision at the right time”.
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Boscombe East and Pokesdown ward councillors Eleanor Connolly and George Farquhar both praised the “incredible” work Tom Hayes has done to secure this funding.
Cllr Connolly said: “With BCP Council deciding to pull the plug on the funding, the scheme would have been done for. I and the other Labour councillors argued that suddenly withdrawing funding, after four years of silence, was not how you go about delivering change and was letting down residents. I think their approach will have damaged BCP’s reputation as a partner for investment. We called for the administration to spend time seeking alternative funding, but they refused.”
Cllr Connolly added: “Tom Hayes then quietly got to work to try to get the funding from elsewhere. I know how much effort he has put in behind the scenes making the case for why the Government should not let the scheme fall apart, including through sharing the experiences of residents. Full credit to him for all his work on making this happen.”
Councillor George Farquhar said: “I’m amazed by the amount that Tom Hayes has achieved for Bournemouth in the last 21 months.
“I’m regretful that the council seems to be reluctant to work collaboratively with the MPs that represent the five constituencies that BCP stretch across. To me it is spiteful to pull the plug on being the lender of last resort without notice. It lowers the trust that businesses, developers, and service providers such as Network Rail, and South Western Railway need to have in the Local Authorities they are working with.”
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