‘It puts our children at risk’ – anger at decision to demolish bus station

Councillors have expressed their anger at the decision to demolish their county town's bus station, saying it "puts children at risk". James MacCleary, the MP for Lewes, and town councillors said they are disappointed that The Generator Group has been given permissions to demolish Lewes bus station in Eastgate Street and replace it and the garage on the site with a five-story development of 32 flats and three homes. East Sussex County Council accepted a proposed payment £291,000 from the Generator Group to build two bus stops on the south side of Phoenix Causeway alongside three bus stops on the north side of the Causeway proposed by Human Nature for the Phoenix development.

Lib Dem MP for Lewes James MacCleary said: "This decision is the wrong decision for the county town of Sussex. A county town deserves a bus station. We should be investing more in public transport, not making it worse.

"I have written to the Deputy Prime Minister requesting that the bus station application be called in. I hope the government will hear the calls from local people." Lewes Bus Station (Image: Lewes Town Council) "I'm angry that East Sussex County Council has decided that two sets of bus stops that may never be built either side of a busy road amounts to an 'operational acceptable' bus station,” said Councillor Kevin West, town councillor for Lewes Priory.

“It puts our children at risk, provides access challenges for those of us with disabilities and will cause traffic backing up into Le.