Attwood won't be drawn on Tesco

ALTHOUGH stressing that private investment is key to the town's success, Social Development Minister Alex Attwood refused to be drawn on whether the proposal to build a Tesco superstore at the Outlet should be welcomed as part of this investment.

Speaking at the town’s Development Strategy Launch, Mr Attwood said he was impressed with how far the town has come.

Banbridge is a town with great potential,” said the Minister.

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“Like many other towns, it faces competition from neighbouring established centres. Now is the time to strive to attract future investment and I have no doubt that the document launched here today will assist Banbridge.”

While Mr Attwood confessed to being a “straight-talker” he said he could not express an opinion on the planning matter - which has been the talking point of the town since the initial application was submitted a number of years ago.

“There’s an argument that DSD should be a strong consultee when it comes to these sort of developments,” said Mr Attwood.

“But I don’t get involved in issues like this at the minute.”

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