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Campaigners set to boycott stadium talks



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CAMPAIGNERS opposed to the demolition of Meadowbank Stadium have refused to take part in a council workshop on the future of the site.
Last week, councillors voted to bulldoze the centre and sell off a third of the land for housing. A new complex will be built on the remainder of the site for around £25 million.

Over the next few months, decisions will be made on what facilities to incorporate at the centre, with officials recommending a minimum of sports halls, changing facilities, a gym and fitness studio, indoor athletics and a 5000-seat stadium.

But Save Meadowbank spokesman Kevin Connor said: "We have already taken part in two series of council workshops. Officials listened to what we had to say, nodded politely and then just went ahead with their own ideas anyway."





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  • Last Updated: 19 March 2008 11:13 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Meadowbank
 
1

Top Floor,

19/03/2008 14:33:29
Toys oot the pram ?
2

Yonthing!,

19/03/2008 15:24:52
I can just see them plotting in the City Chambers.....

"OK, so we're gonig to hold soooooo many meetings that eventually the public won't turn up, then we can get 100% agreement to sell the dump"
3

Mallory,

Edinburgh 19/03/2008 17:29:12
Lets question planning officials as to why they invariably ignore valid objections and comments from residents.

Kevin is right though on this. These council workshops with stake-holders etc are, IMHO, simply designed to allow boxes to be ticked off and the naive to feel they have been consulted.
4

heatherp,

Happy Glen 20/03/2008 10:25:06
#1 not toys oot the pram. A reasoned move since SMC has been involved in 3 workshops where our position was totally ignored. Our architect and athletics expert spent many hours in putting together an option that did not require a sell off of land. It was not even looked at. The council workshops and reports written do not represent the views of all the members, they were written by the chair who had a pre prepared plan based only on a sale of land and downsizing of the sports facilities. We are preprared to work with the council if we know the remit of the working group, the council refuses to tell us what the remit is. Currently we feel that working in this group will legitimise the sale of land and we are vehemently opposed to that sale. Once it has gone it has gone.
5

AaronL,

Hillside 20/03/2008 13:45:26
#1 Read all the article before you leave a comment. It's not long.

#3 Just want to pick up on your comment on the naive being consulted. SMC suspsected it was a waste of time six months ago, but we still had to give it a try while there was a small chance they would listen to reason. This time however, the remit of the workshops has changed making it impossible for SMC to attend without breaking its own aims -> http://savemeadowbank.wordpress.com/about/

 

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