Hey folks,

Before i start i just wanna say well done over easter, your really starting to turn things round & it's great to see. So well done, hope it continues.

So, I'm just trying to gauge where everyone is regarding our new stadiums. Had a quick look on google but couldn't find a press release for a while from you lot.
Anyone got any links?
I expected there would be a slow-down ala the rest of the world.
To the best of your knowledge has funding been secured? Thats the big issue for a lot of clubs now. I'm just glad we have someone like Rodney Walker to spearhead that drive!

I have to say the designs look great, can't wait to visit.

Anyways good luck and hope the good run continues!

.........the lack of a reply should give you some idea

I thought it was a dead set, the work that started, was it just ground clearance and leveling like at cas?
Do you have a stadium action group in place, SWAG (stadium wakefield action group) have been a rock for both the fans and the club, i would assume you have something similar at Salford.
Not just as lobbying tool but also a point of ref for fans, the club, council and investors our action group has been the bee's knee's through some testing times.

I was led to believe that work was due to be started on the Barton site in July ?

Perhaps the information I was fed was not true in the first place who knows it will soon be July

Brilliant news! Fingers crossed, if you have the money if ever there was a good time to build now would be it!

I f I had a pound for everytime you said the work will be happening soon I'd have at least £2.50 now

It's not been mentioned on here, but Salford Council's planning committee sat on Thursday to discuss the Port Salford planning application - which I think is pretty key to the progress of the stadium as it too is being built by Peel and will share road infrastructure. The planners recommended approval, but the planning committee deferred the decision - don't know why or when until, but I'd expect movement when that is approved.

How much council involvement is there? is it financial help or just consultation?

But which year James?

The stadium is privately financed, but the developers who are building the stadium (which has planning permission) also want to build a new port on the Ship Canal and I think that they are unlikely to start the stadium before they get the OK for the port as the developments will be sharing access infrastructure. We need the council's planning committee to give the port the go ahead - the council's planners have recommneded it for approval as it will bring plenty of new jobs, but for some reason the planning committee has delayed it.

Salford will be playing in the new barton stadium for the 2010 season

Even if were not we'll still be in Super League so i dont give a fook to be honest?

i bet there waiting for the budget isn't there supoose to be some help for construction and building....

What makes you think we'll still be given an extended franchise without the stadium then? I reckon no stadium, no Salford in superleague, simple as that.

well they've started road works near me making new road junction off a roundabout dont now if its to do with port salford but its a blooody big junction as well up past makro off crossfield roundabout

I heard they were building some new recycling plant. Don't think it has anything to do with the Stadium or Port.

you know i remember now it is that god im glad i dont live across the road from that I live further on

Salford will be playing in the new barton stadium in 2010

Why?

they best get a bloody move on then.

i can't see us in it next year, if we are it's going to be late october, thats IF they start building it before june, because you have to add on a couple of months for setbacks

From what i can remember reading, we should be in our new stadium by july 2010.

I think it also said in the same piece that it will take 62 weeks to complete, so thats a year and 10 weeks. so for us to be in the stadium in july work should start anytime in the coming weeks.

Well, it was stated that for the developers to get their hands on the college building cas the facility needs to be usable from September 2010. If that doesn't happen it will cost Peel millions.

it's going to cost them 7 million, but they dont seem to be in a hurry, all they want to get done is port salford, it makes you think that the only reason they took this on was maybe to push the planing permissions through for port salford, it will make millions no billions for peel so losing out on 7 million is nothing

So what as long as we get a new ground and it is the people of Salford who benefit and not just certain planning officials oooohhhhh eerrrrrr missseesss, I am all for it, and port Salford is a good idea if it cuts down on road Haulage up and down the country.