Yeah just read it, bad news for the town

can we have the steel and site for our new ground

I guess we'll just have to make do with yet more Wakefield Express artists impressions, they always finish those.

Aye, road works have been done, we could build the ground on the site

credit crunch my booty , someone somewhere is sitting on a nice little earner .

Never mind we can now concentrate on the 2nd hand swimming pool

Nah you must have misunderstood, they meant a fountain in the bull ring

thought that was just a tramp shower they were installing in the bullring

Was told today that the marshway project was going to stop due to lack of funds.
Also someone cocked up with the supply of electricity to all the shops that were going to be there which means it would now have to come from a sub station behind rawsons. (only at wmdc planners dept)

I did post this a while ago.
Need to work on next weeks lottery now.

its the same story in Sheffield they have pulled off site at the new shopping centre for the same reason

not the Wakefield MDC fault this time

leeds and bradford have also shelved improvements to their cities as well, but ours is going to look crap with the steelwork open

I drive around 50,000 miles per year all over the country its not just Wakey the whole country looks crap pubs closed down shops boarded up run down areas as you drive into most cities and towns
The future of this country looks very bleak we manufacture F all the only jobs will be low paid call centre care workers shop assistants (if we have any shops left) sales and financial services etc
The country is screwed started by the Tories and finished off by 10 years of total mismanagement by new labour
Each and every one of us needs to take a long hard look at ourselves part of the reason for the extinction of our manufacturing is the fact we all want quality but don’t want to pay for it result folk are on the dole and now have to buy shi@e from the likes of Primark and Asda.
You would not believe some of the crap from China and India the construction and Joinery Company’s use in my trade they could not give a toss if it lasts 12 months

The city has waited many years for this development and now that’s its finally underway the money funding the project has dried up. Just another project hit by the nationalisation of the worlds’ banks and subsequent reduction of lending.

Hopefully funding from central and local government, Yorkshire Forward and perhaps lending from another bank may drive the project to completion. Otherwise Wakefield will have the worlds most expensive playground slap bang in the middle of the city centre! Still,,,, if it gets the kids active!

…and as MOPSEY said, if nothing is forth coming, I know of an organisation that would be delighted to recycle the steel work!!!

Good place for a new ground though isn't it. Just a shame that the roads around there are shocking.

They are but the close proximity to the bus and train stations would reduce the need for a number of supporters to travel by car, especially if the touted park and ride schemes were up and running. Still I think too much work has been put into things behind the scenes with regards to an alternative site for Trinity.

Yes I was just thinking that too. Next to the bus station, 10 mins from Westgate station. Would see an increase in the pub trade in the centre which is on it's @rse.

They could put a park and ride up on J41.

I don't think it will happen though.

Just out of interest, what is your job?

Just walked round that area. They are still working on the Bull Ring, but it's like a ghost town round the new devolpment area. Shops closed up, even The Fleece looked empty (i didn't go in to check!)

I am working with the Shepherd family in Newcastle and they do not seem to be in any financial trouble, quite the opposite, they are adding major buildings including schools etc to there property portfolio on a daily basis taking advantage of the drop in the market prices.

The bull ring is a different contract being undertaken by another firm


I don't know how financing works on these things but this development was being financed by loans from the Anglo Irish bank I think who have now withdrawn their commitment after being nationalised, wouldn't know where it leaves Shepherds but some of the workers told us some time ago that this was the only project that they had running and they didn't know where their next job would come from when this was finished, they also said that they didn't have high hopes of it getting finished above 6 months ago so this project has obviously been plagued with problems from the outset, still, looking on the bright side, there's a crew of construction workers kicking their heels ATM that could fill their time in knocking up a new ground somewhere in Wakey

There was construction workers working on that site this morning?

Working or packing up their tools

Working and some machinery was working inside too !

They will have to do a certain amount of work to make the site safe, it's just unfortunate & i don't think there is anything WMDC could have done to avert the job being shut down.

Would be awesome to see 4 stands spring up in the centre of wakefield where the shopping centre is goin to be, get it sorted ted

wasn,t arfer daleys middle name box don,t forget his name at the local elections if your prospective councillor backs him you should know which way to go