: Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:32 pm  

debaser wrote:

Excellent. I really hope that this one comes off.
I've had quite a bit of dealing with Gerry Sutcliffe and he has always struck me as someone who gets stuff done.

: Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:04 pm  

Snapper D wrote:

Rarther than pooh poohing the council we should be giving them our support and letting them know in no uncertain terms that we are backing the scheme. Let all our councilors and MP's that we want THEM to back the plan and not let it slip onto the back burner. If we keep pushing you never know what might happen.

You really cant blame people for poo-pooing the council, those who live in Bradford have had to put up with the debacle of a town centre for a good number of years and the "on/off" development of Odsal for 30 ish years.

I just wonder if the 2012 completion date has been plucked out of the air as this would be the completion date you would need to put on your Superleague application form in 2011.

I really do hope that the Council get their acts together and deliver their promise for once.

But as a Halifax supporter I know only too well what its like to be promissed dates by the Council.

: Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:22 pm  

Snapper D wrote:

Rarther than pooh poohing the council we should be giving them our support and letting them know in no uncertain terms that we are backing the scheme. Let all our councilors and MP's that we want THEM to back the plan and not let it slip onto the back burner. If we keep pushing you never know what might happen.

Here here Snapper.

Everyone knows the history of this thing but let's get behind it and contact our political representatives and push them. If it happens it could really revitalise the whole south side of the city, provide jobs in an economic downturn and give the Bulls a fantastic new stadium.

Come on Bradford Council.

: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:21 pm  

A firm of specialists has been hired and told to produce a project plan by March at the latest, outlining the cost, timescale and make-up of the scheme

What, another one?

I thought we already had a make-up and costings? And timescale is timescale - surely however long it takes to build is in the spec?

The amount of money peed down the Odsal pot on consultants for a litany of pie-in-the-sky schemes would probably be enough to pay for the entire 2012 Olympics. this sounds like it isn't even on the drawing board yet, which is not what we had been led to believe.

So here we go. Report No, 7,262.

Great.

: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:53 pm  

Ferocious Aardvark wrote:

What, another one?

I thought we already had a make-up and costings? And timescale is timescale - surely however long it takes to build is in the spec?

The amount of money peed down the Odsal pot on consultants for a litany of pie-in-the-sky schemes would probably be enough to pay for the entire 2012 Olympics. this sounds like it isn't even on the drawing board yet, which is not what we had been led to believe.

So here we go. Report No, 7,262.

Great.

If these things were as easy as you seem to believe I wouldn't be living the lifestyle to which I am accustomed.

: Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:18 pm  

Let's hope we don't have those To$$ers from Keighley coming on and moaning that it's unfair. If they need funding they could sell Keighley for rubbish tipping.

: Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:32 pm  

I stopped reading after

"Council chiefs today pledged that the creation of the Odsal Sporting Village was now a top priority. "

Gerry Sutcliffe is the main reason nothing will happen, he can't be seen favouring his own constituancy!

: Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:48 pm  

Hoping and praying..

: Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:06 pm  

I was about 5 years old when I first heard talk of developing Odsal, I am now 38 and still visit the same Odsal, so forgive me for saying I will believe this when I see it!!

: Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:39 pm  

tigertot wrote:

To build up the tension they should transport the pile of rubble that was on Broadway for a couple of years up to Odsal.

Great idea, I wonder what they have done with that?

I also think a few people might be surprised by the level of opposition to this use of public money from the non Bulls supporting people in the city, there's a hell of a long way to go.