However plans to knock down Greyfriars Bus Station for the extension will continue as a wider part of the development of the town.

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The place is a huge mess, in preparation for a new bus station, pedestrian crossings and a new one-way system.

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His plans included making the car parking spaces larger for fewer cars, banning traffic from part of the bus station area to benefit pedestrians and setting up a retail area for start-up businesses.

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"I don't think it is satisfactory for them to be sitting outside in the cold and rain when we've got a perfectly good bus station, " said Deputy Tadier.

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