New Stadium Rumour

Quoted from moosey_club

So is the funding that is being talked about tied in with the David Ross consortium plans ?

Government money

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-44727357

Quoted from marinerdazza

Genuine question as an exile, and given the number of times governments of every colour go back on promises, does anyone know if the council has seen any of this grant money yet, or if it is protected in anyway?

The only way I can see this going off the rails now is if the grant is retracted somehow.

You can never say absolutely that it will happen but the council need to put forward detailed plans at which time the money should start to come through.

Quoted from moosey_club

So is the funding that is being talked about tied in with the David Ross consortium plans ?

Have I missed something? What David Ross consortium plans? 🤔

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

Have I missed something? What David Ross consortium plans? 🤔

He is involved in the Great Grimsby Partnership (?) group that IIRC where behind the regeneration plan....paths from Riverhead to Kasbah, housing, business development etc through Riverhead /Alexandra Dock etc that required 37m from the government , which this funding was for wasn't it ?

Cant recall there being scope in that package to help GTFC fund a stadium ?  

Quoted from moosey_club

He is involved in the Great Grimsby Partnership (?) group that IIRC where behind the regeneration plan....paths from Riverhead to Kasbah, housing, business development etc through Riverhead /Alexandra Dock etc that required 37m from the government , which this funding was for wasn't it ?

Cant recall there being scope in that package to help GTFC fund a stadium ?  

It's all very confusing but I THINK Ross's consortium are involved in the separate pot of funding from the Coastal Communities fund-which includes the controversial changes to Sea View St in Cleethorpes.
This other funding is the so-called Town Deal for which Grimsby are the first receipients in the U.K. The Coastal Communities Fund has been running for a few years. I think the sum involved is a deal over 37 million but I don't think the money from C.C.F. is anywhere near that figure.
I am more than willing to be proven wrong on this tho.

The government money cannot be used to favour a particular business or company. It can only be used to help in regeneration of the area to make it more attractive to investors.

What I am trying to say is, this money cannot be used to fund the stadium but can be used to help with infrastructure, roads, streets and the like, to make it more accessible.

Let's hope that it's 3rd destination lucky and in my opinion the best.
How better to regenerate the part of town that needs it most
A plea to all the decision makers to make this happen.

Quoted from barralad

It's all very confusing but I THINK Ross's consortium are involved in the separate pot of funding from the Coastal Communities fund-which includes the controversial changes to Sea View St in Cleethorpes.
This other funding is the so-called Town Deal for which Grimsby are the first receipients in the U.K. The Coastal Communities Fund has been running for a few years. I think the sum involved is a deal over 37 million but I don't think the money from C.C.F. is anywhere near that figure.
I am more than willing to be proven wrong on this tho.

https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-great-again-ambitious-multi-231660


Over 8,800 new jobs and nearly 10,000 new homes will be delivered in Greater Grimsby thanks to a new, ground-breaking Stage 1 Town Deal worth £67 million.
Published 5 July 2018

Over 8,800 new jobs and nearly 10,000 new homes will be delivered in Greater Grimsby thanks to a new, ground-breaking Stage 1 Town Deal worth £67 million, the government announced today

Local Growth Minister, Jake Berry MP and Business Minister, Lord Henley, unveiled the new Stage 1 Town Deal partnership with the Greater Grimsby Project Board while visiting the Marine Operating Centre in Grimsby and seeing first-hand some of the transformative projects the Deal will help deliver.

The Stage 1 Town Deal marks the beginning of a stronger relationship between central government and local partners to support the regeneration of Greater Grimsby.

The Deal will give Grimsby major investment to improve key roads and establish Enterprise Zones which will attract and support businesses to the area increasing further investment and employment. One example of this is Ørsted, who are building the UK’s largest operations base for offshore wind at Grimsby’s Royal Dock providing a total of 350 jobs for local people.

The new Stage 1 Town Deal recognises the government’s commitment in the Industrial Strategy white paper to work hand-in-hand with local communities which have strong local partnerships, ambition, and a commitment to regenerate their areas. It will provide:

    £2 million more to the area from the government’s local growth fund¹ to support major road improvements to Moody Lane and Woad Lane that connect to key South Humber Industrial Investment Programme Enterprise Zone sites

    a further £65 million of investment already being provided by North East Lincolnshire council (£35 million) and government (£30 million) to support the regeneration plans for Greater Grimsby

    government expertise and support including through Homes England and Historic England’s Heritage Action Zone initiative to help develop the housing and town centre with a focus on heritage-led regeneration and the development of the South Humber Industrial Investment Programme sites

These interventions will help accelerate the delivery of jobs and new homes set out in the council’s adopted local plan (PDF, 3.15 MB), which set out ambitious targets for 8,800 jobs and over 9,700 new homes by 2032.

The Greater Grimsby Project Board, under the leadership of David Ross and North East Lincolnshire council, brought together local MPs, Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and leaders from the public and private sectors to develop a vision for Greater Grimsby’s future which successfully secured the Town Deal announced today.

Great piece on look north tonight about the new stadium seems Freeman Street in growing momentum as the favourite site.

This is all very positive and there seems, at last, a massive will from everybody to make this happen. The article on the telegraph even mention ABP being in favour, so it must now be regarded as a cornerstone of the Town Deal if all major stakeholders of the overarching scheme have been in conversation about it. But what about those pesky Freemen? How much of a part do they have in all this?