Does this have any impact on the work being undertaken at the Boulevard?

What work !!

My memory is not great but I thought the Boulevard was being developed into a new School / Academy?

I understand that some of the new building will proceed but wondered if this effects the plans (if there are any) of developing the old ground?

I thought due to the cuts any BSF projects not already started were mothballed, hence why the Boulevard is getting flattened before they decide what they will do ?

The council led everyone to believe that the Academy funding for the Boulevard was in place, they turned down over £2m from our club and the NHs to take it over and build a community facaility and a base for the club training in the heart of the community. they intended to bulldoze the place next February but then all of a sudden bull dozers moved in at short notice and its gone along with the threepennies and any chance of our junior teams playing there. I can see it being left empty as a piece of empty land for years.

I might be wrong but I think our council will be pushed to get the money to build the school at all from scratch now! Now we also hear that the Gateway funding that would be used to bulldoze houses around the development and relocate the citizens living there has been frozen too. It is all strating to look like a monumental Council C up to me!

Central govt C up Wilf. Thing is, without the Housing being refurbed in that area, its a good job the club didn't move in. Airlie/Albelmarle street are becoming no go areas with huge crime problems. Keeping the new facility secure would have been a huge expense.

The stadium site will become a dumping ground for all the neighbourhood garbage as the area around deteriorates into a ghetto.

Sorry i stand corrected on the funding stuff but I just think that the Council should have let us get on with it, the surrounding infrastructure would have been our problem but at least the place would have been used, I just think it was a case of more haste less speed! We'll have to see what happens

I see the Dobbins have got their money fron the NHS for the East Stand extension / health centre.
Were we not meant to be getting £700K for our project before the council pulled the rug from under us!

We still got it the health centre is now to be incorporated into the Stadium as a joint venture with the club. Rovers are at the Councils cabinet meeting on 24th after money for their North stand development

Thanks Wilf

22nd. Fantastic thing to be proposing to subsidise in the current public sector cuts environment.

they told me to come to the meting on the 24th that figures!!!!!