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11.08.2023 - 05:25 / 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.
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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.
There, campaign group Our Irwell successfully convinced developers Legal & General to keep the towpath ‘for use by pedestrians for public access in perpetuity’ following a lengthy row. Legal & General hoped to divert the footpath through a hotel lobby, and were granted planning permission by Salford council to do so in 2022.
However, following multiple meetings between the developers and campaigners, a deal was struck to guarantee that ‘from the hotel opening date the towpath shall be dedicated as highway for use by pedestrians for public access in perpetuity’ and the hotel will not open until ‘the route is open and available for use by the public’.
Now, further down the river, Salford council’s planners appear to be keen to
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Austin Majors has been revealed.The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner lists the cause of death for Majors — full name Austin Setmajer-Raglin — as «fentanyl toxicity.» The actor was best known for his role as Theo Sipowicz, the son of Dennis Franz's protagonist, Detective Andy Sipowicz, on the long-running crime drama Majors died on Feb. 11, his family announced via.
Austin Majors, who gained fame during his childhood for his role on "NYPD Blue," died from fentanyl toxicity, Fox News Digital can confirm. The place of death was listed as residence, and the manner was "accidental," according to the records shared by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. A spokesperson for the LA County Medical Examiner told Fox News Digital the case remains open.
residing in a homeless housing facility in LA.Franz, 78, praised Majors for being a “joy to work with” in a testament penned to the fallen actor’s website. “He never has lost his enthusiasm to be on the set. He just loves coming to work,” wrote Franz.
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