Campaigners aiming to bolster Saints stadium support
5:00pm Friday 9th May 2008
CAMPAIGNERS will gather in St Helens town centre on Saturday to distribute 3,000 leaflets that call on townsfolk to back Saints dream for a new rugby league stadium.
Members of the Supporters Backing the Stadium group will be hoping to add names to a petition that calls on the authorities to give the £25m ground the green light. Already more than 11,500 people have pledged their support.
Three interlinked planning applications that all need to secure approval for the stadium to go ahead are finally expected to go before St Helens Council's planning committee on Tuesday, May 20.
The SBS group will also be raising awareness of a march from Victoria Square to Knowsley Road that is scheduled to begin at 4.45pm on Saturday, May 17 ahead of Saints home game against Catalan Cragons.