SNP welcome announcement of Stranraer Waterfront preferred bidder

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> SNP MSP Aileen McLeod and MP Richard Arkless today (Tuesday) joined local Councillor Jim McClung in welcoming the announcement of the McKinney Group to bring forward a potential £50 million investment in Stranraer Waterfront.
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> Aileen McLeod said:
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> “I’m pleased that a preferred bidder has now been announced and this is an important step forward for the project. A project on the scale that is envisaged for Stranraer was always going to take time to develop, but I am confident that we will see a very good project which will make a massive positive difference to Stranraer.”
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> Richard Arkless commented:
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> “The delivery of the Stranraer Waterfront regeneration project is a major issue for Stranraer and is absolutely vital for the future of the town so I am pleased to see progress is being made. Stranraer has a great deal of potential and the redevelopment of the waterfront will be an important part of how we turn that potential into reality.
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> Cllr. Jim McClung added:
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> “This has been a long time in the making but we now have a preferred bidder and I look forward to things speeding up to the point where we will soon see developments on the ground.”
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