THIS is the moment when the massive Trafford Centre grew even bigger.
Over the past nine years, the huge mall by the M60 has become a favourite with shoppers attracted by flagship fashion stores like Selfridges and John Lewis.
For the past few months, work has also been going on to build a new wing which will focus on furniture and other products for the home.
The development - called Barton Square - will open in the spring.
Shoppers will be able to walk between the two areas on either side of Barton Dock Road using a covered pedestrian bridge which has now been hoisted into place.
Trafford Centre spokesman Gordon McKinnon said: "The installation of the link bridge was a highly complex job - something to mark a piece of Trafford Centre history."
The extension will mean the Trafford Centre has 1.4 million sq ft of retail space - just behind the Bluewater shopping centre in Kent, which has 1.5 million.
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chris (20/11/2007 at 10:06)
but we all that most of them won't, they get back to their cars and drive the few hundred meters across the road.
Mr X (20/11/2007 at 14:59)
Claire Heginbotham (20/11/2007 at 16:13)
BluePolarBear, ex of Stockport (20/11/2007 at 22:21)
The Bobelesque (21/11/2007 at 11:03)
ace, manchester (21/11/2007 at 11:37)
the beer baron (21/11/2007 at 12:12)
Mr Angry, Bury (21/11/2007 at 13:25)
This is why all this **** they come out with about carbon footprints is totally rubbish as the political/business class impose this upon us then start telling us we should drive less
They only bother about environmental concerns when it suits them and anything which would derail the capitalist consumer society is ignored
SamV, Manchester (21/11/2007 at 14:14)
Its the other way round i'm afraid.
City centers are being turned into no car zones thanks to the eco friendly council with their bus lanes and the NCP with their extortionate fees.
Buses are great and should be encouraged especially for commuting but when people go shopping they generally buy stuff to take home, and the bus or train is not always the best way to get larger items home. Taking the car also means you have a place to leave shopping if you want to go for a meal or watch a film before going home.
The Right to Reply (22/11/2007 at 14:17)