The Labour led City Council has made major investment in creating a new leisure centre and bus station in the city centre which has become a key part of the city’s economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Phil Bialyk, Labour City Council Leader said:

“funding St Sidwell’s Point and the new Exeter Bus Station was the biggest public sector investment in the city centre in a generation.”

He said St Sidwell’s Point will bring large numbers of people into the city centre when it opens this summer, and would kick start wider regeneration plans for the area.

The Council has made a large investment in this crucial redevelopment, and it’s an example of the public sector supporting the local economy.

Phil Bialyk, Labour City Council Leader said:

“It is so important to the city centre. Retail is changing and we are helping to anchor the city centre with a new bus station and a new leisure centre, both of which will be opened in the summer.”

This was a part of the city that was quite dilapidated and not well used, and it is being transformed. This investment has already had a big impact on the local economy, for all the small businesses who have been part of the supply chain for the leisure centre and the bus station.

Cllr Bialyk said the city remains well placed to recovery strongly from the effects of the pandemic.

 “The strength of Exeter is the community and how we all work together for a common aim, which is to bring forward success to the city.”

“We remain a thriving city in the UK, we are an innovative city with green growth here in Exeter, and that’s what we are focussing on in the years to come. To have a city centre which is new and dynamic is exactly what we need.”

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