Sign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox A petition opposing plans to redevelop Wigan town centre has been signed by more than 5,000 people – and the group behind it says this is just the start.
Members of the newly-formed Friends of Wigan Town Centre group delivered a petition with 5,244 signatures to the town hall today (Thursday, August 26).
The petition calls on the council to halt the development to allow more citizens to have their say and 'rethink' the £135m plan developed before the pandemic. READ MORE: The Chinese state-owned company causing controversy in Wigan If the development goes ahead, much of the Galleries shopping centre and Wigan Market would be demolished, making way for up to 464
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