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Well Stuart, good to see you are following the thread in its entirety.
There is no short-coming in my postings you quoted, they seem reasonable opinions, but you will no doubt agree - having followed the whole thread - there are plenty of other posts I made that present feasible ideas on actually repairing/maintaining the Napoleonic defences,
This particular phrase:
"But to go on repairing the whole former military complex is far too expensive, unjustified, and would not bring in any financial return from tourism" might actually be a fact, depending on what the costs would be to go on periodically repairing the WHOLE former military complex.
Tourism may not bring back the invested money.
But this is why I asked on this thread on several occasions for an estimate on what these costs of repair would be.
Until the public know this, it is hard to expect people to simply agree to maintaining the WHOLE complex of former defences.
This is why it's not possible to merely campaign for the maintenance of W.H masonry structures without giving people a clue - and preferably an estimate done by professional experts - on how much this would cost us.
Do CGI propose to finance the repairs and maintenance of ALL the W.H. former defences? And if so, over which period of time?
To date, I have never received a reply to these questions.
Ray did mention a figure of £20 million, but it was only a mention, nothing precise.
It is about time that DDC councillors who are in favour of W.H. masonry maintenance, gave the Public a responsible reply to this obvious question.
I am surprised that to date, no-one has.
What does Councillor Roger Walkden think of this?
Has Roger any estimate to go by?