Originally Posted by
Broliv
Thats busisness.
By introducting a rail link from LSP going to the airport taking in the estuary busisness park, the airport and speke. Peel get a direct rail link to their airport. More money for them, we get peel to contribute to the rail link amungst other things. Speke gets a train station which it needs and we'd get extra cash to invest in other areas.
Thats Politics
Peel should be welcomed with open arms, after all they just want to make as much money as they can. They'll bring jobs, other busisnesses who will bring more jobs. More Graduates (which the city is desperate for its economy) will need to stay in the city as there will be an availablity in the job market. We'd be able to afford the circle lines from the increased revenue both in council tax and fares as well as the rates from busisnesses.
What the council should be doing is liasing with them now to say "look guys, sure build there but filling in of the docks is not allowed. In fact while your there can you dig out trafalger dock. It is after all something as important to the world as the pyramids. We'll try and do something to help you (i.e try and get the government to give us powers to create a Land value tax area within the city say the world heritage areas (Trafagla dock would have to be out filled to meet the criteria), this would also attract other busisnesses and allow them to re-develop grade listed buildings at a lesser price than today. Making Liverpool even more attractive for investment)" Instead of stringing them along. Peel will get a nasty shock when they submit the design proposal If they go along with the current plan.
If Labour win the next election they're going to have a nice big headache in how to solve this issue.
And yes we're way off topic. Perhaps this should all go in a seperate thread.