Telephone boxes ?

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The city council moth-balled it and removed it ages ago we got it for a 'nice' price apparently.

Hmm, won't have been me who said the work had already started, because 1) I'm not in on it all, and 2) I know what it's like when things get put back so would never make such a statement that could come back to bite me on the a$$.

It was me and work had started it has since been stopped again.

You little liar you

Not really the info I provided was correct at the time.

How long will the work on the North Stand take? Will it be ready for 2012?

I doubt it.
Although i'm not totally sure.

Looking at the plans, the gap on the Western side (to the right of what would be the new North Stand) is being 'filled in' with corporate boxes? Good idea that, as well as the obvious revenue streams it'll help with keep the atmos' in.

Not sure what the chimney is all about though

No point asking Roverswall , he tells ' porkies '

It is the housing for the floodlights so they match with the stand, That plus they will have wind turbines on them for power generation.
There as also solar panels on the roof for the same reason.

I have to say I could not understand why the whole of the south stand at the LSV was not covered in the bloody things , surely every new building that is suitable ( ie a large flat southish facing roof ) should have them

Exactly. Short sighted if it's a money issue. They'll make a packet in savings over the years.

Solar panels in leigh? Sure sure why don't we build a hydro electric dam in the centre of the sahara desert whilst we are at it?

Chris we get just as much sunshine as Hull , well we do when the ' smog ' cloud from Widnes hasn't blown over our way

Can you not harness energy from the radiation?

An often made mistake , you're getting your mutants mixed up , Widnes are the chemical variety , its Whitehaven with the radiation

Indeed.
Infact the amount of them we are using (If the drawings are correct) could well mean seeing as the majority of the place is only going to be used for parts of the day 3/4 times a week that the Electricy board may end up owning us money as they will be gathering power 7 days a week (I know how much power the floodlight use BTW but that is once a week and I would like to see the figures).

I think you get let off a certain percentage of your tax as well for getting them installed. I'm sure I've read that somewhere.

Makes you wonder why there isn't a country-wide sports initiative to get them at all large stadia. Like you say, the amount they're actually used for the sport themselves, they could actually add to the National Grid and earn sports some money!

Are they Solar panals or photovoltaics, at the moment you can get a good return on PV's from the energy companies which is guarenteed for 25 yrs.

PV's I think but ill check.

Edit- Yes PV's plus a biomass boiler and rain water collectors for pitch watering etc.

It seems if all that happens that they are actually trying to make this as efficient as possible as by my reconing that means waste that is produced (Food, grass cuttings from the pitch etc) will be used for heat (I think that is how it works), Water bills will shrink/vanish and we may possibly have the national grid paying us.

Look on [url=https://planningpublicaccess.hullcc.gov.uk/publicaccess/files/59945D43BD436CECD300C1134E8BB599/pdf/10_01245_FULL-DESIGN___ACCESS_STATEMENT-372797.pdfhere page 12[/url for details.