And so it continues... North Stand Triquel.

Quote: Mrs Barista "In a capital expenditure constrained environment, probably wise not to commit the contingency on unnecessary acceleration.

You've not answered my question yet, cockle, you must have missed it, so can you clarify the funding aspects as keenly as you have done the programme timeline?

You said, I think, that the project would not cost the Hull taxpayer a penny. Bits of information we've had since include the following. The estimated cost of the whole thing was estimated at £6m at ERDF application time. £4m of it was eligible for funding (the training centre, against which a grant of £2m was provided), leaving a balance of £2m on the training centre bit, and £2m on the stand itself. I know the costs have gone up since, but is it the case that Rovers will repay the £2m on the stand part (or whatever the latest estimate for this part is) and the other tenants will repay the balance?'"

The funding is a three way split between a private partner Hull training and ERDF, if key targets are met the ERDF elements are not repayable,
The Hull training aspect was funded through Government Grant for what it says on the bottle Hull Training,
The other third was raised against the project by prudential borrowing, which HKR are to start paying back after 6mths from the opening, so in answer to your question Hull City Council are exposed to a 1/3 risk but have not and will not spend any taxpayers money on the project as long as the payment shedule is met.
I will not and can not disclose the values and timescales involved as it involves private companies, only that my original statement that it won't cost the tax payers of Hull anything still stands true.