Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
- Posts: 2,226
The Chancellor has announced £500k from Libor funding in the Budget to advance the Project.
Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,136
Paul,
Ant idea what this means??
BREAKING: #Budget2016 £15 million ‘connected corridor’ from London to Dover to enable vehicles to communicate wirelessly with infrastructure
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
- Posts: 2,226
Checking that one out Bob. Not one I've seen promoted by any of local councils or KCC. Sounds good though.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,136
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
SWWood- Location: Dover
- Registered: 30 May 2012
- Posts: 261
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 4,316
I know that the thread has gone off on a tangent, but is it wise to allow lorry (or any) drivers to use twitter while driving?
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Getting back to the half a million that is now promised for the National War Memorial I have looked back over some of the many threads on the subject and nowhere can I find an indication of total cost for the project only that English Heritage have blown hot and cold on the idea over the years.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
- Posts: 2,226
According to John Pegg , £15m was the original sum. The funding would have to come from Commonwealth , National or public subscription funding.
The Project is identified the in the Western Heights Heritage Guidance.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
Thanks for that Paul when I spoke to John back in 2011 he gave a rough estimate of 10 Million used oncers.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,136
Excellent idea and one which has my full support FWIW. Same as with tarting up the Maison Dieu.
The quicker Dover starts marketing itself on its nationally almost unique range of 2000 years of history/heritage and tries to attract people here because it's different to everywhere else rather than 'we too have a sodding Nando' the better.
(NB Other providers of fast bland high calorie food are available)
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Guest 1266- Registered: 8 May 2014
- Posts: 381
Too late. Been saying DTIZ could have been something special years ago but who in their right mind is going to visit Dover via its clogged roads or submerged railway for a Nando's and a movie. The heritage of Dover has been swapped for port expansion and the town will simply become a truck stop. The high street will vanish just like the Prince of Wales Pier. If you want heritage and history then visit Deal or Sandwich.
Jack of Hearts
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
I do not agree with report number 12 Dover has a lot to offer more then Deal and Sandwich.I like both places but just our Castle without the rest would take a good day or more to go round and to tell the history of it would take a week,
Guest 977- Registered: 27 Jun 2013
- Posts: 1,031
The heritage and history are already here (by definition, you can't create them!).
What is needed is something for the residents that will also attract visitors, this is what DTIZ should have been instead of being largely a collection of national chainstores and eateries from the lower end of aspirations.
We need, and could have had, is one of
these.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,136
More to the point Ray we COULD have had this
http://www.mcarthurglen.com/uk/ashford-designer-outlet/en/
Which was driven away with the connivance of DDC after pressure from the Evil Empire at Harbour House who were pushing the De Bradelei Wharf at the time!
Unfortunately (on legal advice) I forget who was Chief Executive at the time and where he found employment on leaving his position with the council .............
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
McArthur Glen would have been up at Whitfield and I have been told that town centre traders as well as DHB put a lot of pressure on fending them off.
Captain Haddock- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
- Posts: 8,136
Correct Howard. There was also pressure from the butchers, bakers and candlestick-makers that such 'competition' would stop Dover being the thriving shopping centre we all know it to be today.
"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
Dr. Hunter S Thompson
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Captain Haddock is correct .The DHB scheme was fast tracked so the cry was we already have a factory outlet.I have a very good memory.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
ashfords mcarther glen is going down hill with big firms leaving and unit rents rising.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
The above post is wrong also the plans were to put it on the old .m.f.i. site not at Whitfield .
