Essexyellows
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Parking concerns are relatively easy to solve..... anywhere South of the A4260/Bicester Road junction make it a CPZ same as Blackbird Leys.
Yep dam tosser.
But I would have thought the service charge no matter how basic would have included cleaning pigeon s**t of our seats.
When two teams of expensive lawyers go head to head, there is normally only one winner....
Yeah, works well there and Stratfield Brake has the benefits of the park and rides and train station which Grenoble Road doesn't benefit on.Parking concerns are relatively easy to solve..... anywhere South of the A4260/Bicester Road junction make it a CPZ same as Blackbird Leys.
Statement from planning group/quango POETS: https://metajaunnews.com/2022/03/16/poets-says-stratfield-brake-questions-still-need-answering/
Who POETS are explained here: https://www.poetsplanningoxon.uk/members.html
I'm sure their concerns can be mitigated if they really do have an open mind.
I think that line will be reopened, but as others have said it's unlikely to have enough capacity to serve a football ground.Yeah, works well there and Stratfield Brake has the benefits of the park and rides and train station which Grenoble Road doesn't benefit on.
Cllr Middleton suggested reopening the Cowley Branch line to serve the Kassam, I'd imagine that would cost more public funds than the new stadium would.
Surely we only take their concerns seriously if they're expressed in iambic pentameterStatement from planning group/quango POETS: https://metajaunnews.com/2022/03/16/poets-says-stratfield-brake-questions-still-need-answering/
Who POETS are explained here: https://www.poetsplanningoxon.uk/members.html
I'm sure their concerns can be mitigated if they really do have an open mind.
It's not the public funds that is the really issue.Yeah, works well there and Stratfield Brake has the benefits of the park and rides and train station which Grenoble Road doesn't benefit on.
Cllr Middleton suggested reopening the Cowley Branch line to serve the Kassam, I'd imagine that would cost more public funds than the new stadium would.
When it's reopened it will have a train every 20 or 30 minutes I expect, but only to Oxford, and only short trains that would be swamped by a football crowd.It's not the public funds that is the really issue.
The train station near to Stratford Break is a main line.
Trains go from London, Wycombe, Oxford Station (8 minutes), Didcot ( 1 change circa 45 minutes) and a host if different places.
There may be the Cowley line to the science park, but whether i t will run trains just alternate Saturdays just for football fans? Even if it did the service would be limited.
Cllr Middleton really hasn't looked at this in any detail.
We (forum members) need to move away from talking about (all) Kidlington Residents do not want the stadium. It simply is not true.
There are a some residents that do not want it. Concerns over parking is their number one concern.
...but there are also so many residents that are happy and even excited to be the new home of our county team.
It is my opinion that the majority of Kidlington residents are currently kind of natural to the move (yes, they love sport and yes they will go to matches but they have parking concerns). Kidlington has many Kassam exiles and I believe that the Kidlington fan base will see a mini explosion once the move is complete.
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Not certain I would describe anyone who lives in Kidlington as an exile, when I lived in Oxford i pretty much just considered it another part of Oxford. You can draw lines on maps, have different councils etc but it’s people that decide geography really, and most sane people can tell you if something is in the same area.
We have already moved from one area of Oxford to another, this is just the same as that (Kassam and start field brake are about the same distance from the spiritual home of the Manor as well).
Don't forget Minchery Farm or greater leys wasn't part of Oxford 25 years ago.
It was when we moved, it changed when greater leys was built.
.....likewise Abingdon was 'annexed' by Oxfordshire in the early 70s - hence Abingdon Utd and ' Town both ply their trade in Berkshire , not Oxon LeaguesDon't forget Minchery Farm or greater leys wasn't part of Oxford 25 years ago.
.....likewise Abingdon was 'annexed' by Oxfordshire in the early 70s - hence Abingdon Utd and ' Town both ply their trade in Berkshire , not Oxon Leagues
I do indeed, unless they’re shorts and sandalsYes. But you're the sort of person who wears socks with shoes.
Sorry Baz, but sandals aren’t allowed either. Should be banned in my book.I do indeed, unless they’re shorts and sandals
Birkenstocks with socks. The only way.Sorry Baz, but sandals aren’t allowed either. Should be banned in my book.