WMDC probably have no intention of building a public sports facility . It does not consider the public of wakefield, it does not consider health issues and does not seem to consider what benefits could be achieved by such a development.

Remember the sun lane baths, we must have been the only City in the UK not to have a swimming baths available within the city. How long did it take to buld the new baths after demolishing the old. How much money did the council make from the car park built after the old baths were demolished.
Just what does the council do with the 1.5 million made clear profit from its car park operation. 2014.

Funnily enough , 88M and Yorkcourt will be getting deals from the council to develop on the Eastern ring road and at the college ... you simply could not make up how bent, corrupt and incompetent this whole sorry mess is.

Just been reading that ,houses and flats ,house ,hotel ,doctors surgery are to be built on weldon road. Even the old Hickson and Welch is going to be developed .Not against this ,but its just going to add value to land that the tigers own .All we ask is give the people of Wakefield what they have been promised .

I don't know if they've moved the posts but when Nestle closed down they said nothing could be built on that site as it was a flood risk.

That site as been passed for development as well, completion date is 2021.Box can do what he wants it seems .

Many people think Putin is the ultimate dictator and the worlds expert in total power and control.

Box makes him look like an amateur. For a democratic society to allow someone like box be in unquestioned power for so long is incredible. Other than the grim reaper, there is no one out there who can remove him.

To be fair I drove through Cas for the first time in a while yesterday and if anywhere is need of investment it's that place. I know Wakefield is looking tired, particularly Kirkgate, but Cas is depressing.

Doesn't take away from the point of council priorities, and Boxs' dictatorship.

Fingers crossed, eh?

After all these years, do people really believe a Stadium, be it a stand alone one for Wakefield Trinity alone or a Community Stadium will ever be built ? The biggest chance of it happening which was supposed to be nailed on was Newmarket. We all know what happened there. There’s zero desire from anyone in the right places to make it happen, so what’s changed ? Another proposed plot of land ? This has gone on for years and it’ll keep on happening until everyone get tired and throws the towel in. Happy days.

I 100% agree with you and you make a good point regarding the land.

The ego problem isn’t exclusive to Box though

Think it's more of an agenda against the club than hie ego.

I don't know if this is related but a company was drilling on balne lane field in several locations they were there around a week. It's where I walk the dog also at the same time there was one of them ropes things on balne lane itself just near the entrance to the field.th ropes that count traffic

I was at the Civic Centre in Cas this week and have to agree Cas is woefully starved of investment. Wakefield council are full of false promises to all its residents. I despair at the decline in the whole of the Wakefield five towns in the last 20 years. The only good thing in Wakefield now is its bar and restaurant scene which is brilliant all due to the hard work of local entrepreneurs. Box clearly has no vision for the city and should have stepped down a long time ago. Still milking the system at 71 years of age says it all.

They've discovered oil