"This is a market town": Protesters gather to oppose redevelopment plans
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox Protesters gathered at The Galleries in Wigan on Friday (July 16) to voice their opposition to redevelopment plans for the shopping centre and market hall.
If the £135m transformation goes ahead, the shopping centre and the market would be demolished to make way for up to 464 homes, a 150-room hotel and a 'multimedia' centre featuring a cinema, bowling alley and indoor mini golf.
But plans to replace the current market with a more 'contemporary' space which is 'likely' to feature fewer stalls have not been popular among traders. READ MORE: The Chinese state-owned company causing controversy in Wigan Maureen O'Bern, a Leigh Library employee who was
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