Bill Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Does anyone know just what?s going on the area of land just off the dual carriageway on Manchester road? Just a couple of months ago, all the trees were pruned back and the old wooded fence posts and panels were replaced with a new green metal variety. Now just two months down the line it seems this is being replaced with industrial strength shuttering of the kind you might find round a building site. Add into the puzzle something I half read in the Guardian about over a million pounds to be spent to refurbish the Woolston glue factory (which by the way doesn?t exist) and a similar report a long time ago on the news pages here and I?m totally confused! Any ideas anyone? Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Not entirely sure where you mean Bill sorry. Went down Manchester Road last week and didn't notice anything odd Have you checked with the Planning Department ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Dizzy Nope. I?ve been up north all of this week and the shuttering wasn?t there when I left. I?ve searched the archive here and on the Guardian site to no avail and just though someone here might remember what the story was all about. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Road name? (ie Is it actually on Manchester Road or a side road which is viewable from Manchester Road) a post code or existing use/company name of the site might help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Bill, you could always ask your local councillor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Does anyone know just what?s going on the area of land just off the dual carriageway on Manchester road? Just a couple of months ago, all the trees were pruned back and the old wooded fence posts and panels were replaced with a new green metal variety. Maybe it is part of the "Look of the Borough" project that is taking place, and it has now reached that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Is it where the Dreams bed place is? They chopped loads of trees down one weekend I believe so that passers by could see their store!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 I think he means on the opposite side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 The area is more of less opposite the Dog and Partridge pub along the dual carriageway and includes the bottom end of Woolston Park. As I said, it comes just a couple of weeks after the story about the glue factory refurbishment but the factory was pulled down when I was a kid. It has all the appearance of becoming some kind of large development site but the area is bounded by a brook and the river so it?s potentially it?s in a high flood risk area. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Bill, from memory a story ran a few weeks ago saying that the area from Woolston tip through to the Citroen Garage had received a massive grant to have the new cut canal and surrounding land reclaimed as an open space to be restored as a leisure area for the public including that section of canal being restored to its former glory !!! Pretty sure that the work has already started.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 That sounds good..... maybe you have nothing at all to worry about then Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Settle Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Bill do you mean the scheme to refurbish a former glue factory at Woolston New Cut canal? The ?1.2 miilion project is for a 400m section of the canal that is currently polluted. The stretch of the canal is owned by Peel Ports and the work will include access improvements to the adjoining council-owned site. The NWDA cliam that The use of green compost and other recycled materials features heavily in the scheme, which will not only improve existing wildlife habitats but create new ones too. The cash will also pay for maintenance of the site for the next 15 years. It's backed by the Northwest Development Agency and the Waste Resources Action Programme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Could it be a hostel for assylum seekers?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Thanks for that Indy. I?ve just actually managed to find the article and it does say that they are going to spend 1.2 million pounds on this area that?s currently an old industrial site reclaimed by nature. The council say that they are all very excited about this but I?d be even more excited if they left it alone and spent the money improving the environment in the surrounding area where people actually live. It?s not like we are short of public open spaces with both Woolston Park and Paddington Meadows literally on our doorsteps. Call me Mr Grumpy if you like but to me, this is just another example of the council getting its priorities completely wrong. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Geoff The use of green compost and other recycled materials features heavily in the scheme, which will not only improve existing wildlife habitats but create new ones too. That?s just a load of glossy council spin to hide the real facts. The reality was that the councils composting campaign was so successful that it was generating more compost than could be absorbed by our parks and gardens. The council then had to look for areas to effectively ?dump? the compost or face sending it for landfill so what better place than the rough ground just round the corner. Not complaining here, it makes absolute sense but the prime reason was excess compost rather than to help nature which was doing a pretty good job for itself. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billynomates Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Call me Mr Grumpy if you like but to me, this is just another example of the council getting its priorities completely wrong. Bill Hello Mr Grumpy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Call me Mr Grumpy if you like but to me, this is just another example of the council getting its priorities completely wrong. Bill Hello Mr Grumpy! You are grumpy today Bill.. it must be catching The council don't appear to be paying for it.. from what I understand they have received funding from elsewhere. Would you refuse an offered funding that was granted to you for a particular task Could be worse it could have turned out to be blocks of flats or housing developments... although that may well come in 15 years time when all the land is all nice and clean. How old will you be by then http://www.nwda.co.uk/news--events/press-releases/200901/woolston-get-new-ecology-park.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 I think you might find that they could only have the money if they used it for such things. Grants tend to be divided up into sections and reclamation/regeneration is a big buzzwordy thing at the minute. WBC probably had the choice of using ?1.2M of grant money to enhance and maintain a derelict bit of land for public enjoyment or not have the ?1.2M at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 That's what I just said but I didn't explain it as well as you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Sorry, Dis, if I'm being totally honest, I scrolled down through the thread and didn't notice there was a page 2...... it's been a very looooooong day today. I've spent a lot of it counting to ten and taking deep breaths - so you, Obs and Wingy are now all that stand between me and a rubber room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Or maybe we are the ones who are sending you there Don't worry though if it's a rubber room you'll soon bounce back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Rubber?! Not another fetish Anne?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 That's just Dis and Wingy on my team now.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Oh - not the walk of shame Anne - pls don't - pretty pls! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LymmParent Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 You've only yourself to blame, you dirty-minded little winker.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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