BUS travellers are to benefit from £300,000 of improvements following a supermarket's extension project in Burnley, it has been revealed.

The cash is set to be spent on improvements to Burnley bus station and Centenary Way as part of a planning agreement drawn up between the borough council and Tesco.

Tesco was asked to make the contribution to a variety of initiatives after being given planning permission for a mezzanine floor and extension at their town centre store last year.

From the £491,000 handed over, just over £300,000 will be invested in the bus station and surrounding areas.

New closed circuit security cameras, worth £45,000 and managed by Burnley council, are set to be installed and funding has been provided for additional security guards for the next two years.

Public transport information screens, giving the times of bus services and other items of interest, are going to be erected in both the store and the bus terminal.

And new toilets, including a disabled lavatory, will be built at a cost of £50,000 and a public information point, costing another £50,000 will be installed.

Pedestrian improvements between the Tesco store and Centenary Way and the town centre are expected, along with towpath upgrades along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, close to the supermarket.

Part of the remaining money will be spent on a piece of public art, which is expected to take shape in the square beside Red Lion Street.

A Burnley council spokesman said: "The council, in partnership, with Tesco, has identified a number of ways in which improvements can be undertaken on the highway and bus station.

"These may be subject to changes, subject to feasability studies being carried out.

"The highways works will be undertaken by Lancashire County Council, under their agreement with us."

The cash must be invested in the works before June 2011 otherwise the planning agreement money has to be returned .