Coventry City Council's drive for support from across the city for a central location for the new superhospital - has now added bus backing.

Posters on the backs of Travel West Midlands buses will be seen all over Coventry in the next few days, in the next step of a campaign to get people to pledge their support for the City Centre site, rather than the Walsgrave alternative.

Councillor Arthur Waugh, Deputy Leader of the Council, is certain the campaign will help get the public on board. Launching one of the buses on Tuesday 9 February, he said,

"126,000 homes in Coventry are receiving leaflets with prepaid reply cards on them. These cards can be returned to us to show backing for the City Centre option. We know people will feel strongly about the hospital proposals and want to make it as easy as possible or them to tell us their views. These bus posters are a reminder to everyone: to get their cards returned, or to sign one of the dozens of petitions all over town. I hope people will be quick to sign up and agree that a central location will best serve the health needs of the people of Coventry."

Anyone wanting to sign a petition in favour of the City Centre Site, will find them available at council receptions, libraries, and sports centres. Petitions can also be found in some post offices, schools and supermarkets. A city wide opinion poll is being carried out over the next two weeks.

The City Council believes that a City Centre location, on an extended Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital Site is the best for Coventry- but acknowledges that the first priority is to get a hospital of the quality that people in the area deserve, wherever it is built.

Coventry Health Authority are set to make a decision between the two sites in early March.