£1.4 Milion "Statement of Intent"

[fred c]

https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/new-1-4m-park-and-water-sports-hub-planned-for-hartlepool-marina-site-1-8960898

I thought the Clowncil had already spent £1.5 millon on Jacksons Landing as a Statement of Intent...... they are proposing to spend another £1.4 million on a Sculpture Trail and a Park......... with £50k going on a 'Water and Activities Ub'
 

With council tax likely to rise by 4.9% at least, can anyone explain the logic of spending £1.4 million pounds of council tax money on a Statement of Intent........ I thought spending several hundreds of thousand of pounds on a multitude of consultations was expensive, but they now look to be bargains. 

[Inspector Knacker]

They won't get much of a sculpture trail or park for £1.5 m anyway. Sculptures of what? What sort of 'Park'? I suspect it that if it ever appears it may well be underwhelming.
There seems to be a rash of regular announcements trumpeting yet another 'brilliant achievement by our dynamic council', is there an election due?

[Lucy Lass-Tick]

They won't get much of a sculpture trail or park for £1.5 m anyway. Sculptures of what? What sort of 'Park'? I suspect it that if it ever appears it may well be underwhelming.
There seems to be a rash of regular announcements trumpeting yet another 'brilliant achievement by our dynamic council', is there an election due?

Maybe the site of a gilded statue of our glorious leader? 

[Inspector Knacker]

Sry not just give the Glorious Leader a several coats of gold lacquer and  kill two birds with one stone?

[Lucy Lass-Tick]

Sry not just give the Glorious Leader a several coats of gold lacquer and  kill two birds with one stone?

Like in a James Bond film? (Strokes fluffy cat ... 'Ah, Meester Bond'...)

[Stig of the Seaton Dump]

Remember certain things can't be polished, no matter how much gold you throw at them.

[ReturntoZenda]

I was puzzled by the bit in the Mail that said that the council demolished Jackson's Landing. I thought they flogged it on eBay and the buyer came and dismantled it??

[jeffh]

I was puzzled by the bit in the Mail that said that the council demolished Jackson's Landing. I thought they flogged it on eBay and the buyer came and dismantled it??

The council paid a company £45,000 to dismantle it, then the company who dismantled it flogged it on ebay - nice work if you can get it

[kevplumb]

I was puzzled by the bit in the Mail that said that the council demolished Jackson's Landing. I thought they flogged it on eBay and the buyer came and dismantled it??

The council paid a company £45,000 to dismantle it, then the company who dismantled it flogged it on ebay - nice work if you can get it

and wanted  more than the contract price per side
after changing contractors at the last minute if somebody didn't get a bung out of that   
i'm a bl**dy duchman   

[jeffh]

I was puzzled by the bit in the Mail that said that the council demolished Jackson's Landing. I thought they flogged it on eBay and the buyer came and dismantled it??

The council paid a company £45,000 to dismantle it, then the company who dismantled it flogged it on ebay - nice work if you can get it

and wanted  more than the contract price per side
after changing contractors at the last minute if somebody didn't get a bung out of that   
i'm a bl**dy duchman   

Welkom in Hartlepool

[Inspector Knacker]

Sry not just give the Glorious Leader a several coats of gold lacquer and  kill two birds with one stone?

Like in a James Bond film? (Strokes fluffy cat ... 'Ah, Meester Bond'...)

James Bond films?  Like Dr No (idea)
or  (Blunder)ball or  A view to a (Bill)  or Licence to Bill or Tomorrow never (comes) or Never Say (Vision) Again or Moneyraker or (Visions) are Forever?

[Johnny Bongo]

What about 'The man(?) with the Golden Bung.