29/5/2009East Ayrshire Council will bid for cash to improve Galston's town centre

East Ayrshire Council are bidding for cash from the Scottish government's £60 million town centre regeneration fund. Members of the council cabinet have endorsed applications totalling over £1.7 million for improvements to the centres of Kilmarnock, Cumnock and Galston.

The Galston scheme has a total cost of £500,000 and will cover the acquisition and demolition of a derelict site at Cross Street and Bridge Street, the improvement of car parking and landscaping to reduce the impact of flood defences.

The deadline for applications for the first £40 million of the new government fund is June 5, with the successful bidders expected to be announced around the end of July.

Margot Dykes recently wrote about town centre developments here on s1galston, commenting: "At last the building with the scaffolding in Bridge Street has been demolished along with the burnt out building in Cross Street." What is your opinion about our town centre's future?

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