Major development on Manchester-Salford border halted by notorious footpath

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

The proposed redevelopment of retail park on the Manchester-Salford border into four high-rise towers has been scuppered - by a now-notorious footpath.

Last month, developers Forshaw applied to demolish the existing Riverside Retail Park, which contains McDonald’s and KFC restaurants, plus a Grosvenor Casino, on Regent Road.

Once those buildings were razed, the plan was to build four tower blocks, from nine to 25-storeys tall. They would sit opposite a new ‘neighbourhood’ to be built on the existing Regent Road Retail Park containing the third-tallest-tower in the UK, where Sainsbury’s is now.

However, Salford council has stopped the demolition going ahead over how a footpath near to the casino would be affected. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. The Manchester Evening News understands that the footpath, which runs alongside the River Irwell, is the same towpath which caused an uproar at Ralli Quays, half-a-mile upriver from the casino.