A new public park and high tech offices may soon grace the available space near Piccadilly Station in Manchester is all goes according to plan. The plans for these office developments have been set out before authorities in accordance with the government’s call for proposals.
If these plans attain fruition, this huge area could be converted to a civil service campus housing about 5000 employees of the government, soon. The Manchester city centre area is already a favoured location for business units with desk space to rent, and will gain immense importance as an ideal business location for commercial activity once this projects takes shape. Speaking about the proposals, Regional Minister Phil Woolas has expressed happiness that this location has been identified for these plans and has said that Manchester will benefit immensely from this development.
Once the project is completed civil servants, mainly from the Great Manchester area will be relocated here. This is expected to happen by year 2014. There is also talk of reopening the Mayfield railway station which is presently non-operational.
This project is expected to rival Whitehall and will be a major government hub after the offices begin functioning. The move is seen as a continuation of the governmental proposal to relocate 24000 civil servants out of London. The entire Manchester area will see several changes and improvements once the business development work begins.
These will include extension of the Inner ring road to ensure easy access to the new offices. Consultations on these development schemes will become public by 2010. These proposals are being prepared since May this year when the government showed interest in such an initiative first.
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