My mates who lives on there knows nothing about a petition.
She did say if there is one she will sign it.
Her only bug bare is the traffic congestion.

She said its bad enough on a weekends now with j32 and xscape.
So with stadium/supermarket/stores its going to be 100x worse.

Also you have to consider race days at ponte race course as well.

If this is a goer it seems wiser to try and work with local residents and win them around. Maybe there's some way to get locals' buy in - certainly the routes around the motorway junction would have to be improved as part of the project.

No point in fans getting too excited until some plans emerge. Same is also true for any potential nay-sayers... petitioning against "er, whatever it is" is just nimbyism for the sake of it.

I work with people who live on Stainburn Ave and they mentioned the letter to me today.

The congestion down at the junction at the end of their street is horrendous at weekends so completely understand their concerns.

To me a solution for them could be if a relief road was built that loops around the back of Stainburn Ave, along the back of the street and exited at Holywell Lane.

Also could another exit be built that led out onto Spittal Hardwick Lane?

Yes I know 100% a petition is going in. Obviously I don't blame them but would rather it not.
It would be a better option to build another junction from the M62 if possible as like I said it will not only be busy on game days but with what I also know is getting built there.

Could this also be a replacement site for Knottingley, Ponte and Castleford baths ?

From a Wakey fan good luck with it. Exiting times.

My view entirely!

I won't hold my breath (much as others on here would want me too!)

I'm guessing a retailer is paying the short fall for new stadium In exchange for Cas to drop it's planning permit for Glasshoughton , in which case the retailer would have to be successful with it's planning app at GH as well as our Planning app at new location . It could take a long time.

we're 3 from 3 this year aren't we?



yep, yep we are.

Who do we play this weekend?



Ohh! Wigan at home! Nice!

See you Sunday...

Well signed up after not using my old account for a long time and couldnt get back on with it.

Dont want to put a dampener on this with first post, but isn't that area riddled with Sand Mines making it unsuitable to build on? or is that just part of it?.

rlhttp://www.wyorksgeologytrust.org/lgssheets/wakefield/Holywell%20Wood,%20Glass%20Houghton.pdfrl

Can someone clarify where we stand with this, or is it not in that area where the proposed build is?

I've got to say I'm not a big fan of the site for any development if I'm honest. Whilst it may not be rolling meadows or a wood where people can really enjoy the outdoors, it is the last little bit of land next to the M62 up there and with the old pit site being developed the other side I think it's important that we don't end up with a 'develop at all costs' strategy that see's the merging of towns to the point where there are no clear boundaries other than the M62. There are other issues too, which I'm sure will be addressed at any public consultations, but what does another development of this size mean for the town centre?
I try not to be for or against anything until I have all the information, but my gut feeling is that this is not the best site for development, though I accept it might be the best chance of Cas achieving a new stadium. Tough times/decisions ahead for all involved I fear.

We will get to know something about this from the club tommorrow I am lead to believe.

Its interesting that the media are reporting that the site for the "new stadium" isn't the one described in the letter of last week but the previous site from 2011 to the rear of Xscape.

Once again though, I'm not holding my breath and I'll believe it when I park in the car park for the first game to be held there.

Strange that the Pont & Cas Express is reporting that the proposed ground is on the land as per the letter but other media sites are saying that its the previous site.

Maybe we're having two!

I think it's just another piece of "lazy journalism" to be honest. The bigger papers won't have as good an understanding of the area nor the will to actually get it right. Sound bites over substance in this day and age I'm afraid.