£150,000 earmarked for Handy Cross coach park

3:40pm Sunday 10th February 2013 in News By James Nadal

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A FURTHER £150,000 has been pledged towards the redevelopment of Handy Cross.

A £30million sports centre revamp by Wycombe District Council is set to take shape later this year.

On Monday night the Cabinet approved extra funding for the phase two of the infrastructure, comprising the remainder of a spine road and the coachway park and ride.

Leader Cllr Alex Collingwood, from Marlow, said: "We have the physical money and the important thing is to get the whole scheme developed, that we don't do it piecemeal but in fact it is done as a master plan."

The overall project also comprises a business park.

Comments (10)

4:20pm Sun 10 Feb 13

YorksDavey says...

For crying out loud, Wycombe isn't a big enough draw to need a coach park! Spend it on vital services not head in the cloud ideas. Plus junction 3 really needs a bloody park and ride.The Cressex/Handy Cross one needs to be on the by-pass side to relieve pressure on Junction 4. There's plenty of places in the town centre proper that need investment first too. Idiots.
For crying out loud, Wycombe isn't a big enough draw to need a coach park! Spend it on vital services not head in the cloud ideas. Plus junction 3 really needs a bloody park and ride.The Cressex/Handy Cross one needs to be on the by-pass side to relieve pressure on Junction 4. There's plenty of places in the town centre proper that need investment first too. Idiots. YorksDavey

7:22pm Sun 10 Feb 13

busman2009 says...

BFP Please think about your Headlines, it is not a coach park but a coachway where long distance National Express coaches (and others) will call giving travel opportunities to all parts of the UK.
BFP Please think about your Headlines, it is not a coach park but a coachway where long distance National Express coaches (and others) will call giving travel opportunities to all parts of the UK. busman2009

7:55pm Sun 10 Feb 13

fishyfingerz says...

busman2009 wrote:
BFP Please think about your Headlines, it is not a coach park but a coachway where long distance National Express coaches (and others) will call giving travel opportunities to all parts of the UK.
not necessary all parts of the UK, only on their routes which run up the m40 - if they decide to stop, which tbh i doubt.
[quote][p][bold]busman2009[/bold] wrote: BFP Please think about your Headlines, it is not a coach park but a coachway where long distance National Express coaches (and others) will call giving travel opportunities to all parts of the UK.[/p][/quote]not necessary all parts of the UK, only on their routes which run up the m40 - if they decide to stop, which tbh i doubt. fishyfingerz

8:57pm Sun 10 Feb 13

miccles says...

busman2009 wrote:
BFP Please think about your Headlines, it is not a coach park but a coachway where long distance National Express coaches (and others) will call giving travel opportunities to all parts of the UK.
If coaches or as you say "long distance National Express" coaches want to call giving travel opportunities to all parts of the UK, just a couple of miles up the road is a perfectly good service area at Beaconsfield.

Sorry, but collingswood is off his rocker.
[quote][p][bold]busman2009[/bold] wrote: BFP Please think about your Headlines, it is not a coach park but a coachway where long distance National Express coaches (and others) will call giving travel opportunities to all parts of the UK.[/p][/quote]If coaches or as you say "long distance National Express" coaches want to call giving travel opportunities to all parts of the UK, just a couple of miles up the road is a perfectly good service area at Beaconsfield. Sorry, but collingswood is off his rocker. miccles

9:42pm Sun 10 Feb 13

gpn01 says...

So where has WDC found £30M from?
So where has WDC found £30M from? gpn01

11:01pm Sun 10 Feb 13

yelowvanman says...

I thought the idea of a coachway was you could use public transport to get to it so there would be no point in having one at a service area where you cant get to by bus!
Some competition in travelling to London might force Chiltern Railways to reduce their prices!
As for investing in the town centre after building a shopping centre thats open to the elements, I dont think any more money needs to be wasted on things like that.
I thought the idea of a coachway was you could use public transport to get to it so there would be no point in having one at a service area where you cant get to by bus! Some competition in travelling to London might force Chiltern Railways to reduce their prices! As for investing in the town centre after building a shopping centre thats open to the elements, I dont think any more money needs to be wasted on things like that. yelowvanman

9:56am Mon 11 Feb 13

Honey33 says...

This matter needs a cereful consideration and dont just waste money on half baked ideas.
This matter needs a cereful consideration and dont just waste money on half baked ideas. Honey33

11:59am Mon 11 Feb 13

realist_highwycombe says...

It's a brilliant idea for High Wycombe.

It gives High Wycombe a 24 hour link to London and to many different airports in the region which at the minute apart from Stanstead we do not have.

I assure you many coaches would stop off here. Wycombe is recognised as an intergral town in the South East, the amount of businesses that have HQ's here demonstrates that.

It would provide good competition with Chiltern Railways which could force them to stop fleecing customers on the mainline as many would switch to the coach - The Oxford Tube being one of the many great companies operating into London.

In relation to Beaconsfield services - the whole point of a coach stop is that it is close to town etc. The services is none of this.
It's a brilliant idea for High Wycombe. It gives High Wycombe a 24 hour link to London and to many different airports in the region which at the minute apart from Stanstead we do not have. I assure you many coaches would stop off here. Wycombe is recognised as an intergral town in the South East, the amount of businesses that have HQ's here demonstrates that. It would provide good competition with Chiltern Railways which could force them to stop fleecing customers on the mainline as many would switch to the coach - The Oxford Tube being one of the many great companies operating into London. In relation to Beaconsfield services - the whole point of a coach stop is that it is close to town etc. The services is none of this. realist_highwycombe

9:05pm Tue 12 Feb 13

YorksDavey says...

In the interests of an integrated transport plan, shouldn't coaches depart from near the bus station? Which happens at the moment.
In the interests of an integrated transport plan, shouldn't coaches depart from near the bus station? Which happens at the moment. YorksDavey

9:32am Wed 13 Feb 13

gpn01 says...

YorksDavey wrote:
In the interests of an integrated transport plan, shouldn't coaches depart from near the bus station? Which happens at the moment.
If you want proper transport integration then you actually need buses, coaches and trains all operating from the same place.
[quote][p][bold]YorksDavey[/bold] wrote: In the interests of an integrated transport plan, shouldn't coaches depart from near the bus station? Which happens at the moment.[/p][/quote]If you want proper transport integration then you actually need buses, coaches and trains all operating from the same place. gpn01

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