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Damon.Lenszner
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Someone, somewhere on one of these threads used the phrase swings and roundabouts and kin of gave me a Eureka moment.
Everyone on both sides of the debate agrees it would be best for the Club if the capacity was 20,000 (or had the potential to be 20,000), but JB is digging his heels in and not budging on the issue of capacity. Why would that be? The £800,000 possibly? £800,000 in the 'big picture' £150 million development over the Plymouth sites - unlikely - and the refusal to discuss Debentures as a way of raising the £800,000 makes it even more unlikely for it to be just this. Then the Eureka moment.
When plans were drawn up for Grandstand development in bygone days the capacity being considered was 22,500. The plans took a severe knock when the Highways Agency decreed that an increase to 22,500 would necessitate a then £2.5 million worth of road improvements at the Manadon Roundabout for Access/Egress to Higher Home Park. Could it be that because of the increased footfall with Cinema/Hotel/Ice-Rink/Restaurants/shops at HHP the Highways Agency are restricting capacity allowed before enforcement of these improvements to the roundabout?
Perhaps one of the WG has more information on this.
Everyone on both sides of the debate agrees it would be best for the Club if the capacity was 20,000 (or had the potential to be 20,000), but JB is digging his heels in and not budging on the issue of capacity. Why would that be? The £800,000 possibly? £800,000 in the 'big picture' £150 million development over the Plymouth sites - unlikely - and the refusal to discuss Debentures as a way of raising the £800,000 makes it even more unlikely for it to be just this. Then the Eureka moment.
When plans were drawn up for Grandstand development in bygone days the capacity being considered was 22,500. The plans took a severe knock when the Highways Agency decreed that an increase to 22,500 would necessitate a then £2.5 million worth of road improvements at the Manadon Roundabout for Access/Egress to Higher Home Park. Could it be that because of the increased footfall with Cinema/Hotel/Ice-Rink/Restaurants/shops at HHP the Highways Agency are restricting capacity allowed before enforcement of these improvements to the roundabout?
Perhaps one of the WG has more information on this.
