Even better news & motivation for Friday.

Didn't Box say if Trinity win on Friday he will quit.

come on lads .

But has he apologised for calling the cas project a community stadium? Can we expect a retraction in the next copy of the Citizen?

So how much of the 60k trigger point is complete now?
Only the 22k just discussed or is that added to an existing number?

It's positive news but as far as the council is concerned I think actions speak louder than words. Let's hope a corner has been turned.

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Take the plus PT, we've gone from 0 to 22k, which is nearly half way !

www.wakefield.gov.uk/Pages/News/PR8531.aspx

www.wakefield.gov.uk/Pages/News/PR8531.aspx

Love the way it portrays Box as the person who has pulled it all together and got it back on track. The guy is a hero.

And this will be all over the Wakefield Express on Friday.
Trinity still not in a positive light and Peter Box, the hero of Wakefield.
He's our knight in shining armour

You're either a highly optimistic person or rubbish at maths.

You kind of have to accept this kind of bullshiz when dealing with politicians; if they backtrack or roll over, there will always be a face-saving spin. So long as it moves things forward, who cares?

But make no mistake - this is a victory; the Daily Star and the Indie did us a huge favour, and the subsequent sound and fury on social media and locally, pushed Mr Box into a corner - hence this development, which is very significant.

When will there be more detail about what exactly is already included - and is that the figure before the proposed extension to Newcold?

We are 22.500 sq metres closer to the 60,000 trigger point than we were this morning. We have also had a public commitment to progress the matter. All in all a positive assurance particularly around the financial trigger and acknowledgment that it is a community stadium and facilities to the benefit of the people of Wakefield.

Attended the meeting today. I still don't think anything would have happened without the 2 newspaper articles and all the e-mails circulated. Thougbt Maureen Cummins spoke well and pointed out that she attended all Wakefield games home and away, unlike other people!

It would be a bonus if Clarks (or whatever they're called) moved in there in the near future and the extension counted towards the 60,000 target.

Just got back from the meeting and agree entirely. Without the nationals getting involved and the deluge of letters to councillors & MP's the subject of a community stadium for Wakefield would not have even been on the agenda. Chuckled to myself as he explained his dismay about the articles appearing just as he was at the end of months of meetings and negotiations to get this deal for the people of Wakefield...whatever Mr Box. However you want to save face is fine with me just as long as you are true to your televised words of today.

The pressure must stay on the council as while i know there are no elections this time around, if in twelve months time we are no further forward we should be holding the councils feet firmly to the fire.

This is very positive and a step forward but there is still a great deal of work for us to do.

We are awaiting the draft of the new multi-party agreement which will be run past our Lawyers which will be the start of the process.

As I say, a great deal of work ahead of us but for the first time in a long while we appear to be taking forward steps rather than going backwards.

I read it as 40k sqm for Newcold in total

You have just got to love politicians, the brass neck of Box in saying
“After months of negotiations, I am pleased that the developer has agreed to my suggestion to replace the Unilateral Undertaking with a Multi-lateral agreement,”

My suggestion - really !!!!!

Reading the councils statement it sounds like 22,300 for phase one which is completed... and 40,000 for phase 2 which is underway... is that accurate or does the 40,000 for phase 2 of newcold include phase 1?

Sounds promising. Just need the developer to now stay solvent and avoid any legal loopholes which might be used to avoid honouring their obligations.

Think the extension about doubles its size.

So just so I understand
And I'm sorry if I'm being slow

What number are we currently at, in the aim to get to 60k?
Are we at the 22k that we added today with other work coming or have we already registered on that scale and then added w2k to it.

I like the Blue Peter type target to show us where we are.

I thought it to mean that the Newcold thet's already there is going to count and then the extension will take it up over the 40,000 mark. If this all turns out and as someone says above, a certain company doesn't go belly up, we might only need one more good sized development to take us to the trigger point.

Although I have been no lover of box due to this.

IF the efforts of the council lead to the stadium being built and the trigger point being reached then some of that may very well be down to him following up on this, albeit a bit late.

If his actions for now are to progress this and he does that for the benefit of Wakefield and Trinity then I will see him in a much better light and be thankful for the efforts.

Positive news it seems.