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Inquiry day 13 (thursday) Chill factor
My view of the Inquiry day 13
It was back to sitting there in the chamber today looking like we had just climbed mount Everest as the heating yet again was not working as it should be. So to any of you thinking of attending the inquiry be prepared to sit and shiver but also bring along a hot drink and flu medicine because you may end up coming out of there with a cold.
I noticed a number of people coughing and sneezing today, even sweet Megan was sneezed quite a few times, so I hope she won’t be missing tomorrow or on any other day for the remainder of the inquiry.
Before proceeding got under way this morning, Mr Clay requested that Mr Leigh should be recalled to the dock to resubmit his evidence. Mr Clay got his way after discussions with Mr Brier, so that encounter scheduled for next week should be interesting to see.
Mr Green (Brighton and Hove City Council) continued in the dock this morning from where he left off yesterday, this time being questioned by Mr Hopkins.
Mr Hopkins asked questions about the possible redevelopments of Shoreham Harbour, and that the City Council and the club should get together to meet the high costs of developing the site. Mr Green told Mr Hopkins that the council cannot go to SEEDA (South East England Development Agency) without a viable project that will work for the harbour; if they went down this channel it will cost the club more time and money.
Mr Hopkins then suggested that as the club as done so well financially at Withdean they should stay there, WHAT? Does Mr Hopkins have any idea how much Withdean is costing the club? He didn’t even know how long we had been at Withdean for.
Mrs McKay was next to ask question and suggested to Mr Green that if the Stadium was to go at Shoreham harbour that they could rearrange the road system in the area to accommodate Parking and place a major link road in, Mr Green said this would not be possible as a link road would split residential areas in two and would receive a huge amount of objections.
In terms of Withdean, Mrs McKay suggested that the Withdean Athletics Club could move to a site somewhere north of the Bypass then the Albion could redevelop Withdean.
Mr Green finished just before morning break and we could enjoy a 1 hour and 30 min lunch because Mr Mogridge the next witness wanted more time to talk in private through his evidence with the City Council.
We all returned at half one, and Mr Mogridge (Speaking on behalf of the City Council on traffic and transport issues) was just taking his seat in the dock.
He was giving evidence relating to different methods of getting to the stadium and the time it would take whatever site it was located on. He even talked about at what distances people would be prepared to travel and how long it would take fans to travel from different areas.
His research was set up in tables and was a mixture of different figures and percentages. I was starting find things at this stage boring as I am not to one for figures, apart from Megan’s wonderful figure.
From afternoon break onwards Megan wasn’t to be seen again, so I don’t know what happened to her. Hope she was not suffering from flu; I could of offered my services to keep her warm.
Not long after the break I was beginning to feel a little under the weather myself because of the cold, but this is when my staying power kicked in and kept me going until the end, hope I don’t suffer tomorrow.
Mr Hopkins questioned Mr Mogridge for the rest of the afternoon of which I was not really concentrating; Mr Brier called it a day at 5pm.
Earlier start tomorrow at 9:30, hopefully I will be there if I am not struck down with nasty cold, hopefully Megan will be there too.
C U GUYS
SG News at Ten, Brighton Town Hall, and COLD
My view of the Inquiry day 13
It was back to sitting there in the chamber today looking like we had just climbed mount Everest as the heating yet again was not working as it should be. So to any of you thinking of attending the inquiry be prepared to sit and shiver but also bring along a hot drink and flu medicine because you may end up coming out of there with a cold.
I noticed a number of people coughing and sneezing today, even sweet Megan was sneezed quite a few times, so I hope she won’t be missing tomorrow or on any other day for the remainder of the inquiry.
Before proceeding got under way this morning, Mr Clay requested that Mr Leigh should be recalled to the dock to resubmit his evidence. Mr Clay got his way after discussions with Mr Brier, so that encounter scheduled for next week should be interesting to see.
Mr Green (Brighton and Hove City Council) continued in the dock this morning from where he left off yesterday, this time being questioned by Mr Hopkins.
Mr Hopkins asked questions about the possible redevelopments of Shoreham Harbour, and that the City Council and the club should get together to meet the high costs of developing the site. Mr Green told Mr Hopkins that the council cannot go to SEEDA (South East England Development Agency) without a viable project that will work for the harbour; if they went down this channel it will cost the club more time and money.
Mr Hopkins then suggested that as the club as done so well financially at Withdean they should stay there, WHAT? Does Mr Hopkins have any idea how much Withdean is costing the club? He didn’t even know how long we had been at Withdean for.
Mrs McKay was next to ask question and suggested to Mr Green that if the Stadium was to go at Shoreham harbour that they could rearrange the road system in the area to accommodate Parking and place a major link road in, Mr Green said this would not be possible as a link road would split residential areas in two and would receive a huge amount of objections.
In terms of Withdean, Mrs McKay suggested that the Withdean Athletics Club could move to a site somewhere north of the Bypass then the Albion could redevelop Withdean.
Mr Green finished just before morning break and we could enjoy a 1 hour and 30 min lunch because Mr Mogridge the next witness wanted more time to talk in private through his evidence with the City Council.
We all returned at half one, and Mr Mogridge (Speaking on behalf of the City Council on traffic and transport issues) was just taking his seat in the dock.
He was giving evidence relating to different methods of getting to the stadium and the time it would take whatever site it was located on. He even talked about at what distances people would be prepared to travel and how long it would take fans to travel from different areas.
His research was set up in tables and was a mixture of different figures and percentages. I was starting find things at this stage boring as I am not to one for figures, apart from Megan’s wonderful figure.
From afternoon break onwards Megan wasn’t to be seen again, so I don’t know what happened to her. Hope she was not suffering from flu; I could of offered my services to keep her warm.
Not long after the break I was beginning to feel a little under the weather myself because of the cold, but this is when my staying power kicked in and kept me going until the end, hope I don’t suffer tomorrow.
Mr Hopkins questioned Mr Mogridge for the rest of the afternoon of which I was not really concentrating; Mr Brier called it a day at 5pm.
Earlier start tomorrow at 9:30, hopefully I will be there if I am not struck down with nasty cold, hopefully Megan will be there too.
C U GUYS
SG News at Ten, Brighton Town Hall, and COLD
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