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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Councillor James responds to Market Deal

Terry James, who heads the Liberal opposition on Herefordshire Council, has responded to claims that to scrap plans for a new market on 'Griffiths Land' close to the Roman Road would delay the improvements needed at Edgar Street, the home of Hereford United.

He says that had the Liberals still been in power that a new market would now be up and running on Council owned land at Hospital Farm.

"A scheme, which would have been done at little or at nil cost to the Council Tax payer, but for political reasons this current administration decided to oppose that move, and have spent four years and some hundred thousand pounds trying to find an alternative site which will take years to develop because of the infra-structure surrounding this particular site," James told Bulls News.

"Indeed because it would be built on the gazer gravel it would take an enormous
amount of time to deal with the environmental issues surrounding the site, as well as having to build the site and will cost, in my estimate at least an additional £1 million to deal with this one issue.

"All the liquid will have to be pumped into the main sewage system of the City,
another massive additional cost. The likely cost of putting the market on this site is between £6 and £10 million, which would be better-used improving facilities in and around the Hereford United ground.

"I can assure you that this proposal is never likely to be achieved in the near future and if there is a change in administration in May 2007 we shall move to building a site on Council owned land, which will take half the time at a fraction of the cost."