The Quays Liberal Democrats say they are are unquestionably pro-regeneration in the area but have reservations due to what they claims is a track record in Salford of over building flats and under developing our public services, social provisions and vital infrastructure. The Quays Liberal Democrats say they are encouraging inward investment but the type that priorities people over profit and puts the needs of the community as a whole at the heart of its framework. The Quays team want to see adequate business / units / green spaces / amenities and affordable housing in the proposals. They believe in sustainable and affordable housing, where people have the right to live in vibrant communities with full amenities accessible to them and their families. They also want to see appropriate infrastructure, services and amenities in place for current and future developments. The councillor and his team say that they want to achieve this by: · Integrating infrastructure and public service delivery into the planning process. · Actively consulting communities about the areas they live in. And to enact in full the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 which gives local people power the right to request powers from government to help promote sustainability within their communities and prevent the decline of protect local post offices, shops, bank branches, bus services sports facilities, police station , doctors surgeries, dentists surgeries, community halls, fire stations, green spaces, sports facilities and recreational facilities. If the development goes through as planned, they ask how will it fit this test? The party say they want public service increases to be guaranteed to offset the population increase; Additional police on the beat Increased school places More hospital and doctors' capacity Extra trams and buses Increased Pollution off setting measures What about the pollution levels? Chemists in the area Dentist provisions Newly elected Liberal Democrat Councillor Paul Heilbron said: "One of our main pledges is to Stop unsustainable overbuilding in our communities by ensuring that all development has appropriate infrastructure, services and amenities in place through our Sustainable Homes for Sustainable Communities Campaign. Primarily a new medical centre for the Quays should be prioritised but everything that has been spoken about above also integrated at every step of the development as the population increases. The Quays has seen 7/800% increase in population in a decade and this is only going to go up. We need the livelihoods of residents to be maintained with adequate infrastructure, public services, social provisions, amenities and green space at every step of the journey to cater for the population increase. We can only regenerate once, we need to make sure we get it right for all residents in the community"
