Regeneration results are demanded
ONLY three weeks into the council's partnership with Balfour Beatty, and already councillors are demanding results.
Marc Cole, NELC's executive director of regeneration, was asked by councillors if the partnership, which came into force on July 1, had achieved any "quick hits".
But his response that the "smooth transfer of service" was "quite a big hit in itself", was not the answer that members of the regeneration, housing and environment scrutiny panel were looking for.
Councillor Peter Bailey (Lib Dem, Yarborough) said: "When we were sold this idea, we were told by Balfour Beatty that when they took over we would see the quick wins. They should have been able to do something within three weeks."
Mr Cole said the firm had been asked to come up with a regeneration plan by the end of September, adding: "Three weeks in is a big ask. I would much rather give them a couple of months to come back to us with a considered opinion."
Comments
by Richard, Bradley Village
Monday, August 23 2010, 2:23PM
“Mr Cole is this another of our Council Leaders ways of wasting tax payers money the mans a fool.
How many time has he wasted money rolling out plans for the junk yard called freeman street its a dump my pity is for the good people who live down there its a eye sore . so why not start there instead of top town there you see I have saved you money all ready by knocking down both sides of the road from the market to riby square build a mixture of houses flats for all buy and rent that will bring the shoppers back and the life to also breath life back in to the once (GREAT STREET) so Mr Def if you want voting in next time get things moving save money it is not Rocket science.”