Just got back from the meeting and agree entirely. Without the nationals getting involved and the deluge of letters to councillors & MP's the subject of a community stadium for Wakefield would not have even been on the agenda. Chuckled to myself as he explained his dismay about the articles appearing just as he was at the end of months of meetings and negotiations to get this deal for the people of Wakefield...whatever Mr Box. However you want to save face is fine with me just as long as you are true to your televised words of today.

The pressure must stay on the council as while i know there are no elections this time around, if in twelve months time we are no further forward we should be holding the councils feet firmly to the fire.

This is very positive and a step forward but there is still a great deal of work for us to do.

We are awaiting the draft of the new multi-party agreement which will be run past our Lawyers which will be the start of the process.

As I say, a great deal of work ahead of us but for the first time in a long while we appear to be taking forward steps rather than going backwards.

I read it as 40k sqm for Newcold in total

You have just got to love politicians, the brass neck of Box in saying
“After months of negotiations, I am pleased that the developer has agreed to my suggestion to replace the Unilateral Undertaking with a Multi-lateral agreement,”

My suggestion - really !!!!!

Reading the councils statement it sounds like 22,300 for phase one which is completed... and 40,000 for phase 2 which is underway... is that accurate or does the 40,000 for phase 2 of newcold include phase 1?

Sounds promising. Just need the developer to now stay solvent and avoid any legal loopholes which might be used to avoid honouring their obligations.

Think the extension about doubles its size.

So just so I understand
And I'm sorry if I'm being slow

What number are we currently at, in the aim to get to 60k?
Are we at the 22k that we added today with other work coming or have we already registered on that scale and then added w2k to it.

I like the Blue Peter type target to show us where we are.

I thought it to mean that the Newcold thet's already there is going to count and then the extension will take it up over the 40,000 mark. If this all turns out and as someone says above, a certain company doesn't go belly up, we might only need one more good sized development to take us to the trigger point.

Although I have been no lover of box due to this.

IF the efforts of the council lead to the stadium being built and the trigger point being reached then some of that may very well be down to him following up on this, albeit a bit late.

If his actions for now are to progress this and he does that for the benefit of Wakefield and Trinity then I will see him in a much better light and be thankful for the efforts.

Positive news it seems.

Sorry to be a little negative but one issue still remains - York Court have to find the 9 million to build it, have they got that kind of money?

So the original development of 22k has been included in the 60? What about the current extension in progress will this 22k count towards it also?

Inflatable Armadillo can you clarify as you were discussing this a week back on Facebook?

IA is on holiday but the extension should also count towards the trigger.

Great so we are / might be 44 out of the 60!

Progress

So, do WT have to find £2M that was mentioned in last weeks council reply, or when the time comes will WMDC gift us £2M as intimated? If so I could see Cas and Fev getting into Box's ribs in the near future.