Category: Local council

• May 9, 2019

  Secrecy, the Western Harbour, transport, and billions in development

  The Local Plan is currently open to the public for consultation: At the Central Library the previous week, a young man, looking all suited and polished and very approachable, stood in front of a Local Plan display board. I went over to take a look. I told him I was interested in seeing the part […]
• May 7, 2019

  The cancelled Bristol arena is costing the city £12m

  The cancelled Bristol arena that is not being built is costing the city £12m. The 2019/20 Budget shows that money has been found from reserves to cover the costs. Ordinarily, the costs would have been funded from the capital stream of the budget; the part that deals with capital costs for things such as buildings […]