It’s vital we don’t write off stadium (From York Press)
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It’s vital we don’t write off stadium
9:35am Tuesday 1st May 2012 in Letters
REGARDING the latest news on the development of Monks Cross and the traffic situation are we now to assume York is complete write-off to any further development (The Press, April 27)?
It’s ridiculous that suddenly a couple of shops and a new stadium is now the tipping point as far as York’s roads are concerned.
The infrastructure around here has never been perfect and I don’t imagine it ever will be. So do we just sit on our hands and not develop any of York ever again?
No one is going to fund the large sums really needed to sort out all of York’s roads, so I guess this is it for the city. No development, no moving forward, no more new jobs.
What a crying shame.
John Dock, Beckfield Lane, York.
Comments(9)
Mr Crabtree
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10:17am Tue 1 May 12
Jezreel
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11:32am Tue 1 May 12
If this project does not go ahead York has had a lucky escape, and we now go to work on finding a realistic and viable location for the stadium.
As for the speculators, tough!
Mr Crabtree
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12:04pm Tue 1 May 12
Jezreel wrote:Sadly, without Oakgate's funding, it will never happen.
My view from the outset was that this was driven by corporate greed, regardless of the damage to the City. The stadium was just a sop. If this project does not go ahead York has had a lucky escape, and we now go to work on finding a realistic and viable location for the stadium. As for the speculators, tough!
Even AndyD
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1:00pm Tue 1 May 12
Now, just when we might get a stadium for a knock down cost, something most other towns and cities enjoy, its apparently the tipping point with regard traffic/shopping.
Just does not seem right to me and given the comments made by the Council re charging for parking at MX, I smell city-centre trader lobbying.
Whatever though, it looks like once again those to lose out are the taxpaying residents.
Mr Crabtree
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3:12pm Tue 1 May 12
You may be interested to know that one of the criticisms of the planning inspector who told CoYC last week, to re-submit it's Core Strategy, was the lack of an infrastructure implementation plan. Without this, the inspector pointed out that it wasn't clear if delivery of housing and development generally on the larger sites (city central and British Sugar) was viable. It seems that the Council's inability to consider transport issues and infrastructure requirements in relation to new development is a common failure, just like their affordable (social) housing policies ? !!!
Even AndyD
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5:49pm Tue 1 May 12
This is the problem, Mr C. when you zero in on individuals for your campaigns, you let so many others get off without censure.
Mr Trellis
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8:42am Wed 2 May 12
Mr Crabtree
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12:32am Thu 3 May 12
Even AndyD wrote:The culprits I 'zero in on' are the ones who are responsible for the policies locally, that have killed housebuilding. York Council sets it's affordable housing targets, no one else !
I guessed as much, tbh. But the problems with our infrastructure go higher than this Council, nor are they attributable to any party, before I'm accused of banner waving. I'll admit it was Prescott who vetoed the dualling of the A1237 and as things stand, London gets more 'hardhat' investment than Scotland, Wales, N.Ireland put together. I'm guessing the north of England don't fair too well either. This is the problem, Mr C. when you zero in on individuals for your campaigns, you let so many others get off without censure.
The Great Buda says...
9:50am Tue 1 May 12
There is a severe lack of imagination and ambition in this City.