PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
REDEVELOPMENT OF GOUROCK STATION (7 May 2003)

That this House deplores the decision of Network Rail to press ahead with its plans to spend millions of pounds to refurbish the current Gourock station; believes that this money would be far better spent as part of the planned wider redevelopment of Gourock town centre; deplores Network Rail's decision effectively to withdraw from ongoing dialogue with the local Council and others; calls on the strategic Rail Authority to intervene and declare its support for the new transport interchange which would be part of the wider redevelopment; and acknowledges that the people of Gourock have been treated poorly by Network Rail, which has a duty to spend taxpayers' money wisely and not squander it on projects merely to satisfy their internal accounting procedures.

Sponsored by:
David Cairns (Labour)