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Stadium fears will be heard
Date published: 05 November 2009
FAILSWORTH residents will be consulted over Oldham Athletic’s £20 million stadium plans, pledged council chiefs.
As revealed in yesterday’s Chronicle, Failsworth Residents’ Action Group is angry about the proposals for a 12,000-seat ground with community sports facilities on a 30-acre site off Broadway. It says locals have been ignored.
Campaigners feel the development will have a tremendous impact on people’s lives and are collecting signatures on a petition.
A petition objecting to the proposals with 62 signatures has already been handed in to the council along with another bearing 56 signatures requesting an urgent meeting with council leaders.
Resident Warren Bates asked a question on why residents’ requests for explanations and meetings between council leaders and the League One club have been ignored.
Lib-Dem councillor Mohib Uddin (pictured) said he was disappointed he had not been invited to Failsworth PACT meetings to discuss it and that no Failsworth Labour councillors had raised the issue with him personally.
He said Oldham Athletic FC was the developer and the council was simply trying to facilitate and assist in a “company relocation.”
He had stressed to Latics chiefs the importance of consultation and he believes the Boundary Park outfit will be announcing a number of events to get public feedback to be held in numerous venues, including Failsworth.
But Labour accused him of misleading the public by pointing out the minutes of a council meeting on September 16 when he was asked if the council accepted it had an active involvement in the plans and would take responsibility for the lack of public consultation.
He replied at the time that the council always intended to be actively involved and could control the proposals as it owned the land.
Comments
I must apologise to the three amigos for the NIMBYS in the area,as alifelong latics supporter from Failsworth i cannot wait to see the new stadium built it will be a boon to the area,and despite what peope say their are lots of latics supporters in the area who like myself feel the good times are just around the corner,and who cannot wait for that first game against the team from down the road who play on the site of the old Bradford road pit
Failsworthian
thats funny, they always go on about regeneration.
use citys ground as an example. not much real regeneration other than a few large retail units, a small atheletics facility and a few flats.
and thats manchester. this is only failsworth! ombcs idea of regeneration usually consists of a supermarket.
look at the sainsburys on union st, the tescos at failsworth, huddersfield road and the potential one at greenfield!
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"the council was simply trying to facilitate and assist in a “company relocation.”
yeah right! how much of a cut does the council get out of this deal?
the proposed lad is practically worthless. with a cpo on some of it it'll be a bargain.
then they'll get a mint selling off boundary park! we're not fools!
By fedupoldhamer @ 05/11/2009 14:20:27