Villa Park Redevelopment

[DB]

Did anybody ever go on the monorail at Merry Hill? I have a really vague and distant childhood memory of it.

I did a few times, didn’t see Leonard Nimoy though.

A metro to VP would be great but the cost of building it in this country per mile is ridiculous. I can’t see anymore metro on same scale being built in the Brum/ Black Country area after the eastside extension and the Dudley route. Leeds looks to have their metro indefinitely cancelled.
Cov is using a cheaper / lighter version which may be a goer for VP.

The issue with the Coventry VLR is the capacity of the vehicles. In such a dense urban environment my biggest concern is it just isn’t going to have the capacity that say the West Mids Metro already has. It’s cheap to build but at what cost.

Anyway back on topic, VP and the Alexander Stadium absolutely need a metro extension. I’ve said it before as well that I’m really underwhelmed with what they’re doing to Witton Station as well.

Agreed, we can only hope.

[AV82EC]

Did anybody ever go on the monorail at Merry Hill? I have a really vague and distant childhood memory of it.

I did a few times, didn’t see Leonard Nimoy though.

A metro to VP would be great but the cost of building it in this country per mile is ridiculous. I can’t see anymore metro on same scale being built in the Brum/ Black Country area after the eastside extension and the Dudley route. Leeds looks to have their metro indefinitely cancelled.
Cov is using a cheaper / lighter version which may be a goer for VP.

The issue with the Coventry VLR is the capacity of the vehicles. In such a dense urban environment my biggest concern is it just isn’t going to have the capacity that say the West Mids Metro already has. It’s cheap to build but at what cost.

Anyway back on topic, VP and the Alexander Stadium absolutely need a metro extension. I’ve said it before as well that I’m really underwhelmed with what they’re doing to Witton Station as well.

Absolutely. How are we going to compete with the Real Madrids, Bayern Munichs, and Juventuses of this world without a tram stop? Even the most shortsighted of clubs would see you need a tram stop if you’re to compete on a global scale.

I see what you did there😂

[FatSam]

How mental an idea would be a water taxi in Brum? All these canals knocking about and that. Got to be useful for something other than narrow boat holidays and somewhere damp to store your shopping trolly.

The problem is the locks.

[VILLA MOLE]

Word on the street is that the warehouse will be open on Sunday

is that from huggy bear ?

[VILLA MOLE]

Specifically on light, the consultation deals with it more from the light pollution sense, but reaffirms they remain a consideration. Legally the position would be unchanged as those houses are >20 years old. The best option, if a new design would block that light, remains to purchase the 7 or 8 that it impacts. Or negotiate a settlement. In the context of a new build at £100m+ then a few extra million is not problematic.

If we did want to do something with Witton Lane would it only be that few houses ?

It's not many directly behind the current stand, but if we wanted to build something on a scale to get us to 60k+ (which really would be the only reason to do it), then I suspect we would need the whole of Holte Road and McGregor Close at the very least.  The only way I can see it happening is if they have a masterplan for the whole area which includes a lot of replacement house building and a proper upgrade of Witton Station. 

To get to 60k Witton would probably need to double in size ,  that would be some stand

[Somniloquism]

How mental an idea would be a water taxi in Brum? All these canals knocking about and that. Got to be useful for something other than narrow boat holidays and somewhere damp to store your shopping trolly.

The problem is the locks.

There are / were taxis around Brindley and down to Brum uni. But yes, between Brindley and Star City are about 24 locks plus the speed limit for the canals is only just above walking speed.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

What an utter waste of money. Low capacity, slow and probably about 10% as effective as either buses or trams. The only surprise is we haven’t done it here as that’s the usual standard of public transport provision.

You say slow, but the article states : 'The USP of the Paris cable car is its journey time: a total of 18 minutes, including stops along the way, compared with around 40 minutes by bus or car.'

[VILLA MOLE]

What an utter waste of money. Low capacity, slow and probably about 10% as effective as either buses or trams. The only surprise is we haven’t done it here as that’s the usual standard of public transport provision.

You say slow, but the article states : 'The USP of the Paris cable car is its journey time: a total of 18 minutes, including stops along the way, compared with around 40 minutes by bus or car.'

Plus all the views ?

[Concrete Tom]

Word on the street is that the warehouse will be open on Sunday

Just seen this confirmed via LinkedIn of all places.