Maybe its time to start a thread on this subject.
I have already mentioned that I have "picked up" today that the reason a fashion shop in Union Street has closed (near to Abbey National/Santander) is because it could be due to be demolished to make a "walk way" through to what would be the new bus station at the bottom of School Street.
Then this was in the local paper a few weeks back:
Accrington town centre roads plan to boost trade (From Lancashire Telegraph)
and then there is this to look at:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http:/...queaT9i3epgSSQ