The developers of Bridgewater Park have agreed to finance a multi-storey car park at Kenlis Street. They say they will also pay for an environmental improvement scheme in this area.
But the future of the car-park depends on the developers getting a favourable decision on their planning application which would lead the way for Tesco to open their biggest store in Ireland at Bridgewater Park.
This is the application which has so far been met with strong opposition by town traders over fears Tesco's proposed move out of town will leave Banbridge a 'ghost town'.
Sources say it's not a case of developers holding the town to ransom but rather they need a successful Tesco application to make Bridgewater Park a major success, which would then create the finance for them to invest in Banbridge town centre in terms of providing a car-park. Car parking is at a premium in Banbridge and the multi-storey car -park was being looked upon as a major way of solving this chronic problem.
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