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Aug 2023
Lib Dem candidate accuses Tories of overseeing Harrogate Station Gateway 'fiasco'
Tom Gordon, the Liberal Democrat's parliamentary candidate for Harrogate and Knaresborough, has attacked the ruling local Conservatives for the £11.2 million Station Gateway "fiasco".
The scheme looks dead in the water after a legal challenge this week prompted North Yorkshire Council to say it had revoked its decision to approve the scheme and seek legal advice.
Harrogate and Knaresborough Conservative MP Andrew Jones said it meant the deadline to spend the cash "is certain to expire" and the gateway was now a "dead scheme".
Mr Jones accused the Lib Dems, who control the Harrogate and Knaresborough area constituency committee that advises North Yorkshire Council, of "weak local leadership".
But Mr Gordon laid the blame squarely at the door of the Conservatives.
He said:
Both the Lib Dems and the Tories are now calling for the gateway funding, which was awarded through the government's Transforming Cities Fund, to be spent on other projects in Harrogate.
However, the council has previously indicated the funding must be spent on this scheme or risk being lost.
Read more:
- £11.2m Harrogate Station Gateway halted after legal challenge
- Station Gateway: Andrew Jones calls for funding to be switched to 'other projects'
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