2009 Proposal
In December 2008 local media announced that plans would be put forward "within weeks" for the relocation of the wheel to the riverside.
A news article in the local York newspaper on 10 January 2009 stated that 42 per cent of local people backed the wheel being relocated to the North Street site in the centre of the city.
The York Press reported on 20 January 2009 that local councillors had rejected the relocation of the wheel, though talks were still ongoing on 20 February 2009, and on 10 March 2009 the paper reported a possible move to another site, St. George's Field car park, though councillors had still not agreed to the move, though the talks passed their first stage by 18 March.
A York Press report on 10 July 2009 stated that there had been many objections to the relocation of the wheel, and that it may never return to the city.
Plans for the return of the wheel were withdrawn on 14 July 2009.
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