The £36m i360 set to go ahead

[shaolinpunk]

www.theargus.co.uk/news/11037092.i3..._Hove_Tories_join_Greens_to_offer___36m_loan/

I kind of saw the reason for the Brighton Wheel, but I don't see the point of this at all. Just seems like a huge waste of money.

 

[Bwian]

www.theargus.co.uk/news/11037092.i360_set_to_go_ahead_next_week_after_Brighton_and_Hove_Tories_join_Greens_to_offer___36m_loan/

I kind of saw the reason for the Brighton Wheel, but I don't see the point of this at all. Just seems like a huge waste of money.

Perfect views of Shoreham Harbour, the Power Station, a derelict King Alfred and loads of rooftops north of Regency Square. Sounds like a great idea.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Good news, it's about time this thing got built. It cannot come a moment too soon for places like Preston Street which has really gone downhill so to speak over the last few years. It could potentially help boost that whole area.

 

[algie]

Tories trying to win voters with elections next year

 

[Giraffe]

Excellent stuff, I love a good tower. Another one to go up, shit myself because it's too high, then come down quickly.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

They've nicked the design from "Space Patrol"

 

[Napper]

I like it , would add to the skyline and improve that area of the city

 

[glasfryn]

an unholy alliance

 

[Tubby Mondays]

Tories trying to win voters with elections next year

Yes; at any cost apparently; 'Labour group leader Warren Morgan said: “In Thursday's council tax debate the Conservatives will again trot out their lines about ‘the mess Labour left us in’ and about ‘being responsible with taxpayers money’.
"Yet next week they will be committing two generations of council taxpayers to nearly forty million pounds of debt on a project that no private investor will support.

Funny old 'game' politics.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I think it is good news.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

If private enterprise can't fund it why the hell should the taxpayer ??

 

[The Large One]

an unholy alliance

Labour have always been in favour of it. They were playing politics and have been caught on the hop here because they assumed the Tories would side with them, isolating the Greens.

In short, all parties are happy to see it built.

 

[Wellesley]

Another attraction for a city that thrives on tourism. I love the design too. Good news.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Tories trying to win voters with elections next year

As a Tory voter ( and Green voter ) in the last local election I'd say agreeing this is probably going to turn my vote in 2015 to Labour.

 

[BigGully]

Tories trying to win voters with elections next year

Aren't politicians meant to win our votes by doing things we want done ??

 

[elninobonito]

www.theargus.co.uk/news/11037092.i3..._Hove_Tories_join_Greens_to_offer___36m_loan/

I kind of saw the reason for the Brighton Wheel, but I don't see the point of this at all. Just seems like a huge waste of money.

sorry....what was the reason for the eye?

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Am fairly sure I remember general support from all parties for this scheme since it was first suggested - although I may be completely wrong on that front.

It just seems Labour locally are prioritising disagreeing with the Greens and positioning themselves ahead of the next election ahead of working together constructively. I guess that is politics but still a bit of a shame.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

Load of crap. Can you seriously imagine people saying "let's go to Brighton, they have a cracking OBSERVATION TOWER". Can't see it enhancing tourism enough to payback the cost of it. As for the residents, some will go once and never again- meanwhile we're crying out for decent leisure facilities that people will use again and again.

Sake

 

[algie]

As a Tory voter ( and Green voter ) in the last local election I'd say agreeing this is probably going to turn my vote in 2015 to Labour.

Snap. Voted Tory but won't be at the next elections. In fact ever now. It's horrendous and inhumane what this conservative and Ian Duncan Smith are doing with the welfare reforms act,I know it was introduced by Labour in 97 or 98(can't remember) but the cruelty shown is totally disgusting. The benefit system needed addressing think we all know that but not how the Tories are going about it.

Massive mistake along with the bedroom tax will put an end to Cameron next year and for many after.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Load of crap. Can you seriously imagine people saying "let's go to Brighton, they have a cracking OBSERVATION TOWER". Can't see it enhancing tourism enough to payback the cost of it. As for the residents, some will go once and never again- meanwhile we're crying out for decent leisure facilities that people will use again and again.

Sake

Agree completely about the need for better leisure facilities.

But I think you might underestimate the number of people who will visit the new tower. Portsmouth's Spinnaker Tower had more than 600,000 visitors in its first year - although I don't know how that has been sustained or otherwise since.