Irwell River Park

[The Longford]

Parks aren't really something I'd wank myself to sleep about before bed anyway,

S'funny, cos i do.

Yes, you do have to be clever. It's title is quite a babe magnet an all.

"I study Digital 3D Design"

...

"ohhhhHHH that sounds so intresting. You must be well clever!!"

...this is one of the many conversations I get into these days with young tail theather. It's a great pick up line "So what you studying then?", it really really is.

I'm filling my application form in for next year as we speak!

[Manc Guy]

I'm filling my application form in for next year as we speak!

If you like, I can drop you the names of a few study books to help you on your way? You will be ripped off though.

[The Longford]

Originally Posted by Manc Guy

If you like, I can drop you the names of a few study books to help you on your way? You will be ripped off though.

Books? what will i need them for?
I would only do the course to impress birds.

[kids]

Originally Posted by Manc Guy

If you like, I can drop you the names of a few study books to help you on your way? You will be ripped off though.

How's the course going for you mate, got onto the computers yet?

Incidentaly, this is birmingham's proposal for their city park:

[Manc Guy]

Books? what will i need them for?
I would only do the course to impress birds.

No, Longy, they make you look intelligent. For me? they made me more inteligent than I already was...

How's the course going for you mate, got onto the computers yet?

Incidentaly, this is birmingham's proposal for their city park:

Yes. Your not allowed to use any version of max though, it has to be 6, or it wont work on ande's or any of salford's computer's. Salford dont like updating software to a reasonable recent version you see. Ive been using 9. I've handed in work over chrimbo that he wont be able to open up and asses not knowing. He's going to chop my balls off in January. I'm going to get mightly stoned over this period to try and forget about it.

I've got to say, I really like the look of Brum's effort. Spanking.

[BeardedGenius]

Originally Posted by Manc Guy

I've got to say, I really like the look of Brum's effort. Spanking.

Ditto

[Biosonic]

Will there be a public vote on Mcr's park or will Broadway Malyan sumit a single proposal? Do you know the timetable? (It won't be that long because the ITV programme is in Oct 07 I think).

The Mcr park sounds good - a green lung connecting Salford & Mcr - should drive up property prices too

How are the council committed to this? For example BCC have said that the park will get built, but in stages rather than one fell swoop that would happen if we won the TV comp. The s106 stuff from Eastside should pay for that.

Let battle commence! (But in a nice way )

[jrb]

God! I hope we don't win this. We'll never here the last of it.

Latest news, information and promotional DVD.



Here comes the water bus



COMMUTERS could take the plunge in the Irwell River under ambitious plans to turn the waterway into a £33m city park.

Amphibious buses which drive off the road and onto water are part of the proposals to create a bustling and cosmopolitan waterside community to rival Barcelona.Regeneration chiefs also aim to bring in catamaran taxis which would help those living and working along the river banks to travel around to workplaces and amenities.

The plans would complete the transformation of the Irwell - which was Europe's most polluted river during the industrial revolution.

Trafford, Salford and Manchester councils have joined forces for the first time to work on the groundbreaking project which hinges on an application for a £25 million lottery grant.

The scheme is one of 22 bidding for the money and the decision will not be announced until October, but detailed plans have now been drawn up for the park, which runs from the Manchester Ship Canal and into Salford.

Focussing

Elaine Davis, Project Coordinator, said: "I am not thinking about losing at the moment. We are just focussing on putting in the very, very, best bid that we can."

The scheme has already received £450,000 of Lottery cash for the bid, which is being submitted on May 31. If successful, work to build a seven-mile boulevard-style walkway stretching from Salford Quays to Manchester University and featuring new lighting, seating, parks and cyclepaths, could start next year.

A lack of inner-city green spaces will also be addressed, with the development of the under-used 100-acre Peel Park behind the university, and a series of new bridges would be built across the Irwell.

Bosses at the project eventually hope that Irwell City Park will encourage some of the Northwest's top developers, including Peel Holdings, LPC Living and Urban Splash, to invest millions in the area by 2025.

But Mrs Davis warned that private developments will be sympathetic and of a consistent design.

She added that the project would have a positive impact on some of Greater Manchester's most deprived communities.

"We are trying to encourage people to have more healthy and active lifestyles and it is essential that we move forward change in this area," she said.

"It is all about empowering local people."

Consultation

More than 18,000 local people have provided their comments as part of a region-wide consultation - and, according to the people behind Irwell City Park, residents have offered their, "overwhelming support."

Trafford Council Leader Coun Susan Williams said: "This project could put the river back at the heart of our communities.

"But our entry has to be spectacular and, above all, build on the support from local people in Trafford, Salford and Manchester."

But Lucy Burton, of the Mersey Basin Campaign, which works to improve the Northwest's waterways, warned that the Irwell's water quality, currently rated as "bad" by the Environment Agency, needs attention.

Irwell City Park video. Slick.

http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/reg...park-video.htm

Irwell City Park website.

http://www.salford.gov.uk/living/reg...llcitypark.htm

[jrb]

It's not a UK North bus is it?

Anyone seen the Polish Captain?

[jrb]

The bus leaving for Ireland will depart Old Trafford in 10 minutes.

On a serious note. Why isn't there a catamaran service from Ireland to OT on Match weekends?



You could fill the rest of the seats with shoppers wishing to go to the Trafford Centre.

I'll give Malcolm a call and ask him to built a jetty next to OT.

[Isaac Newell]

I'm puzzled as to why they've put a picture of a prison on that map.

[URBANISER]

Bloody green eyed jrb, don't forget how many hotel rooms our Irish support invest in, your lot just walk in, hense the reason the COMS is half empty! Its all about being global and thats our 'unique' contribution to the conurbation. PS, and your also sulking because you aint got no river.....so gloat,gloat and gloat from the posh side of town!

[Architecty]

Surely between the two councils, and all the section 106 money from developers who will/would benefit massively from this, it could be done anyway without having to go cap in hand to the rest of the nation, that already perceives Manchester as "having had its share"; spread over a few years in the grand scheme of things its not a huge amount of money.

That video is terrible, how does having the brain deads of the city saying "I didn’t know there was a river" help a bid, makes it sound like no one could care less.

Originally Posted by Isaac Newell

I'm puzzled as to why they've put a picture of a prison on that map.

I would take a wild guess that its a map of landmarks, and that most certainly is one. What difference does it make that its a prison? There is no point being snobby about things that exist; should all the less desirable districts of the city be left off maps as well, so no one has to face up to their existence?

[Caiman]

We've got no chance, thank fuck.

[BeardedGenius]

Is it just me or does it just look like paths and a bit of grass? Hardly makes the hairs on the palms of my hands stand on end.

I still think Birmingham's plans look way cooler

[jrb]

Surly the bid will include the plans for the regeneration of Central Salford, Pomona, Salford Quays and Mediacity. I can't see the councils of Manchester, Salford and Trafford putting the bid forward with those proposals included.

The difference being. Birmingham's proposal is confined to a small area of the city centre. Our proposal stretches from Central Salford, through the city centre and onto Salford Quays/Mediacity. It's a massive Proposal which will benefit the centre of Manchester and the surrounding areas.

[staticmeltdown]

In the Observer today... Gimmick, anyone?

Is it a bus or a boat? Well, it's both


Sunday March 25, 2007
The Observer

Amphibious buses that can be driven on the road and in the water are part of plans to create a bustling cosmopolitan waterside community in Manchester.

Catamaran water taxis could also be used by people living on the river. The £33m scheme would complete the transformation of the Irwell, once Europe's most polluted river. Susan Williams, Trafford council's leader, said: 'This project could put the river back at the heart of our communities.' The buses would also enable fans to take the river trip to Manchester United's Old Trafford ground.

If the plan gets through, Manchester would not be the first city to have floating buses. Seattle has them, as does Montreal.

[Ephemera]

Originally Posted by staticmeltdown

In the Observer today... Gimmick, anyone?

Ask again in a week.

[spacepostman]

hmm very nice! Can't see it happeneing anytime soon though.

I think the riverbus project is called RiverLink, Peel and GMPTE are something to do with it. Will try and find the website I found the proposals on a few years back.

[Architecty]

Originally Posted by BeardedGenius

Is it just me or does it just look like paths and a bit of grass? Hardly makes the hairs on the palms of my hands stand on end.

I still think Birmingham's plans look way cooler

I agree with you on both counts, our scheme just looks like things the councils are obligated to do anyway.