North Stand Construction Discussion

Bluesince1979 said:
If the plan is to make the new north stand a proper home end, singing section… do any of you guys who currently sit in the south stand plan to relocate?
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It depends on what the final seating configuration is. And if the club has decided to incorporate a singing section into that seating configuration, including possible safe standing seating. As it stand, what we currently know about NSL2, and the silence from the club regarding NSL2(and NSL1), I’m staying in SSL1, block 115.
 
Holcombe bloo said:
I’d hope that the money being spent on walkways back to town would include some kind of canopy as getting pissed wet through is what puts off a lots of people. The odd pop up bar/ food stall and a busker or two might cheer things up a bit too I guess.

As regards extra bus rollout, seems to me the key is to work with supporters club branches around greater Manchester/ lancs/ Cheshire to get more fans on big buses rather than the odd mini bus.

Must be at least 50-60 people around rammy that currently drive that could jump on a coordinated bus. I would use it a lot if it was a fiver return.
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The Northenden branch does a full double decker bus to and from Northenden for every home game. The journey takes about 45 minutes each way. I don't know why more supporter's clubs don't do this. We've been doing this for years.
 
Mike N said:
Care to suggest anyone who could have done any better whilst the country is run by the incompetent Tories?
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He’s done OK with the Bee Transport Newtoek and capping bus fares at £2. I’ll give him credit for that. But apart from that I can’t think of anything else that springs to mind.
 
jrb said:
He’s done OK with the Bee Transport Newtoek and capping bus fares at £2. I’ll give him credit for that. But apart from that I can’t think of anything else that springs to mind.
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£2 fare cap is national.
 
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You never know, if non-singers relocate en-masse from SSL1, block 115, we might actually fill the block and original singing section with singers?
 
blueparrot said:
Nothing because councils, all councils barely have the money to run basic services,certainly none for grand transport infrastructure around the Etihad.
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Manchester has done OK with Factory International. The original budget was £110mill. The final cost was £186mill. The town hall renovation is costing £330mill. The budget for that has increased substantially. Etc. Money is pouring into the council coffers from city centre living, Civil Service relocations, inward and international business investment creating 1000’s of new (Tech) jobs, etc. Yet the basics are being ignored, with the Manchester awash with litter, graffiti, tagging, etc. Manchester looks like a shithole.

I’m always one to fight Manchester’s corner.
 
Biffa have a lucrative contract awarded to them by MCC to keep the streets of Manchester clean and tidy. When was the last time you saw a Biffa operative or road sweeper in your area emptying the public bins and keeping the streets clean and tidy, Including the streets leading to the Etihad and around the Etihad?
 
jrb said:
Biffa have a lucrative contract awarded to the by MCC to keep the streets of Manchester clean and tidy. When was the last time you saw a Biffa operative or road sweeper in your area emptying the public bins and keeping the streets clean and tidy, Including the streets leading to the Etihad and around the Etihad?
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Wouldn’t that be Bev Craig’s responsibility rather than the Mayor’s?
 
Citizen of Legoland said:
Wouldn’t that be Bev Craig’s responsibility rather than the Mayor’s?
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Probably yes, but Burnham must see what we all see. As the elected leader of Gtr Manchester, and the head of the 10 Gtr Manchester Councils, he does have some influence over the 10 council leaders, which should/would include street cleaning, which is a fundamental and basic necessity for every Gtr Manchester Council.
 
jrb said:
Probably yes, but Burnham must see what we all see. As the elected leader of Gtr Manchester, and the head of the 10 Gtr Manchester Councils, he does have some influence over the 10 council leaders, which should/would include street cleaning, which is a fundamental and basic necessity for every Gtr Manchester Council.
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I usually get the feeling that people hate Burnham for political reasons, which I hope stays (mainly) out of this thread, but even if it wasn't him it would be another Labour candidate as this is Manchester after all. But to say he's done nothing is clearly nonsense. As someone from the north of the GM region, I feel he is sticking up for us and just adding us to the narrative is better than anything else we've had in the past. There are loads of plans for transport and jobs (eg Atom Valley) that are taking shape and yes, he might be piggy backing on long-term developments from prior to his arrival, but hey, that's how politics work.

The Bee Network is a great idea for the GM region and other regions are taking note and starting, or thinking about, doing the same with theirs. It's not perfect of course but it's in its infancy.

I can't speak about street litter in Manchester as I don't live there, but post-industrial areas always look shoddy, especially as they become the go-to places for fly-tipping, and in the city centre some of the businesses don't do enough to prevent their waste spreading out. Here in Bury we get street cleaners coming round regularly, definitely more than it used to be.
 
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