I've not looked in detail, but what about the seats for the other side, opposite the main stand?

Here's another from the opposite side!!

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Maybe phase 1 includes 1900 seats on the side opposite to the main stand. It's just I wouldn't have thought they would have got 5600 standing behind both posts because on the plans it shows terracing only 9 steps high. Unless the two standing corner sections make up the number?

It's confusing because if you look at the above image it doesn't show seats in the lower tier opposite the main stand. Maybe phase 3 includes taking out the seats on the first tier (Phase 1)and making it standing?

Here's an image showing the inside of the stadium.

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Here is a drawing from the planning site showing the second roundabout and the future link road to the M60 motorway that will take up some of the land you mention above.

It shows a new motorway slip road north bound and a new road that will run parallel to the M60 for joining the motorway south bound at the trafford centre junction.When the new roads are built If you are travelling south to the stadium you will come off at the Peel Green junction on to a new road that runs parallel to the M60 and then turn right under the motorway bridge. For the residents of Barton, Cadishead and Irlam this should make travelling in the mornings much easier by alleviating the build up of traffic at Peel Green roundabout.

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i think that is a perfect stadium for the reds, i always said when watching the reds when playing leigh at the lsv that we'd go well in a stadium like theirs, just one problem that needs to be cleared up, are the seats actually going to be green? Would appreciate if someone could clear this up. Tar

looks like Sale are sniffing around again menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... roundshare

looks like Sale are sniffing around again menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... roundshare

Could the green seats be in there to neutralise the stadium? Could be embarrasing having smaller crowds than secondary tenants in "our" ground.

Even though there's a couple of things I'm not keen on with the design, seeing the pictures for the first time in a very long time I actually had a twinge of pride.

Lets see if those involved can keep their sh*t together and actually build it now.

Will this affect us?

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I wouldn't have thought so because the work has actually started as a result of them signing it off. I wouldn't have thought it legal to be able to cancel the funding several weeks after work has actually started on site. Also the 4m from the NWDA for remediation work I believe is a loan and not a grant, if that makes a difference I'm not sure?

Just wondering though if this decision could affect St Helens because they also have an agreement but they haven't actually started their remediation work? They have started with some roundabout but haven't demolished the old buildings yet to allow them to start with the remediation.

It is. I've worked on grant awarding projects in the past where we've had to pull funding that we'd offered to businesses because someone at regional level had done their sums wrong and the purse holder was clawing back what they could. Where I currently work we've also had to lose members of staff because funding has been pulled from projects that are already underway. It's usually a caveat in the smallprint.

You are referring to grants though, this is an agreed loan.

I would think it's more likely that funding for work that hasn't started will be pulled first. The cost of the remediation work so far must be in the region of £650,000 if you consider 4m for 6 months work. That would be a lot of money for local government to write-off.
e.g. We will cancel that 4m loan and it will cost us about £650K at local government level, false economy for the government surely?

Are you sure that the remediation is a loan? I thought it (or some of it) was NWDA contaminated land grant funded. The stadium construction (or again, a portion) will be local government loan. For what it's worth, I think we'll be ok as the contact was awarded in the last financial year.

I have my own manufacturing business in Rochdale & secured a 3 part grant for investment in people & equipment, our first payment was given in the middle of last year securing 22 jobs through the NWDA. The second & third part of our grant already approved is now under threat, we know we have lost the third phase but think with all cuts, even though the second phase has been approved we believe is also about to be cut.