Keep Ayra tourist town

The Council has published a factual report on Ayr Station Hotel just short of 600 pages, to be followed by a final report with conclusions and costings at the end of September.

The facts given highlight a number of major problems. The key will be the cost. A new station which is glass and steel to last 25 years will cost £ 20m of government money with £ 4m plus for demolition. A conserved and redeveloped hotel building would keep the town scape intact and add value to Ayr as a Tourist Town.

Funnily enough, that would be a repeat performance since the original hotel was what opened Ayr up to be a holiday and leisure destination at the end of the nineteenth century, and even led to the same railway company building Turnberry six years after their Ayr hotel was opened.

Esther Clark, Ayr