Shoreham waits for decision on eco bid (From The Argus)
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Shoreham waits for decision on eco bid
7:20pm Sunday 14th February 2010 in
A decision on whether Shoreham has been successful with its eco-town application is still some way off, according to the Government.
In December last year, Shoreham Harbour was named as a potential site for a Governmentbacked eco town.
The decision to include the harbour in a shortlist of nine proposals gave a boost to a project that was flagging after the South East England Development Agency withdrewits funding pledge earlier this year.
Earlier this week, the Government announced a £60 million funding plan for four eco-towns in Hampshire, Cornwall, Norfolk and Oxfordshire.
But a decision on Shoreham’s bid, which is part of a second wave of applications, will not be made soon, according to a spokeswoman for the Department for Communities and Local Government.
She said: “No final decisions have been made regarding the proposed second wave of developments.
Further announcements will be made shortly.”
The spokeswoman could not give a date as to when the announcements will be made.
Comments(6)
Living in the real world
says...
9:44pm Sun 14 Feb 10
They forget we all have the ability to see every broken promise they ever made on the internet now.
dogsdinner
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9:29am Mon 15 Feb 10
Christophe Hawtree wrote:Sorry Cristophe, but this is a bit naive. The 'beauty' of a government eco-town is that there are no cars, therefore no additional transport infrastructure is required. Meanwhile, back on earth, we - and also for once our local councils - know that without massive investment in a proper transport plan (and not just a bus lane), development of the harbour will be to the detriment of existing communities.
The term "eco town" is bandied about very loosely. What is the transport plan for all this? The delight of Shoreham is the modest scale of the place.
Tye
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11:01am Mon 15 Feb 10
PS- Its ironic that town planners are trying to slow down traffic in towns (hoping against hope that everyone will use dirty, dangerous and expensive public transport) which makes cars work less efficiencly use more fuel and produce MORE CO2
Christophe Hawtree
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11:02am Mon 15 Feb 10
dogsdinner wrote:I agree, of course. The proposal would ruin Shoreham.
Christophe Hawtree wrote:Sorry Cristophe, but this is a bit
The term "eco town" is bandied about very loosely. What is the
transport plan for all this? The delight of Shoreham is the modest
scale of the place.
naive. The 'beauty' of a government eco-town is that there are no cars,
therefore no additional transport infrastructure is required.
Meanwhile, back on earth, we - and also for once our local councils -
know that without massive investment in a proper transport plan (and
not just a bus lane), development of the harbour will be to the
detriment of existing communities.
ICantThinkOfAName
says...
5:42pm Mon 15 Feb 10
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Christophe Hawtree says...
8:23pm Sun 14 Feb 10