BLACKPOOL Borough Council has approved plans to acquire a building in the town's Talbot Road to make room for a new tram terminal at Blackpool North, which is the main station in the resort.
Work on a £22 million project to extend the present tram line along Talbot Road with a new spur from the seafront to the station is due to start in 2018, and the tram terminus will form part of a new interchange between trains and trams.
Councillor Fred Jackson, cabinet member for municipal assets, told the Blackpool Gazette: “Extending the tram line to the station will make it easier for commuters and tourists to move between the two and will also provide more opportunities to increase our visitor numbers – in turn creating more jobs and boosting the local economy.
“We cannot stand still and hope that Blackpool will grow without our help. We have to continue to be ambitious and enterprising to drive the town forward in ways that will increase jobs for our local people and improve the economic conditions for businesses.
“This is a tremendously large piece of work but I’m convinced the end product will be something that the town will look back on and be proud of."