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Arun's critics labelled 'mad' CRITICS of Bognor Regis regeneration schemes have been called 'mad' by an Arun district councillor. One of the council's cabinet members, Cllr Trevor Bence, criticised those who failed to see how the town was improving. Arun's schemes to regenerate the Sunken Gardens and Hothamton car park with a £3.5m linear park, as well as creating a winter garden around a bigger Alexandra Theatre, were merely a sign of how its
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work to benefit Bognor Regis was starting to have an effect, he said. He told Monday's cabinet meeting at Arun he was delighted to see a formal growth deal for the district was to be signed with West Sussex County Council. The agreement lays out the councils' goals to improve Bognor Regis by focusing on the Hothamton and Regis Centre sites and the Enterprise Bognor Regis employment project.
In a strongly worded attack, he said: "I wholeheartedly support this document and wish it the best for future investment. "I have heard a lot of noise in the papers and on local Facebook sites about how 'devastated' people are to have the Hothamton car park finally being regenerated. "I'm chuffed to pieces it is on this list of seven priorities. Anybody who misses how successful the regeneration to date
in Bognor Regis has been is blind. Footfall is up, cars are up and the place looks like it is being improved. There have definitely been improvements to part of the town." Cllr Bence, the cabinet member for residential services, returned to his theme later in the debate when mention was made of the success of Arun's new play area since it opened on Bognor Regis beach last month. See page five
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