Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Spurs abandon promise of £16m deal for riot hit Tottenham
Tottenham Hotspur has broken its promise to invest £16m in regenerating the riot-torn local community.
Spurs signed a contract with Haringey Council under which it agreed to plough money into a community that was ripped apart by the August riots.
Now it seems that the club will go back on its promise to invest £16m in regenerating the community to make way for its new £400 million stadium.
The club looks set to break that vow after deciding that it could not afford the money on top of the £400m it is spending on its new 60,000-seat stadium. Planning approval was given for the stadium in 2010.
Paul Phillips, Tottenham's project director, said: "All major regeneration projects require a level of public sector support, especially in areas with such high levels of deprivation and need."
It also seems likely that Tottenham's future investment in improving Tottenham Hale station and its surrounding roads will be waived.
Haringey Council and Mayor of London Boris Johnson have agreed to subsidise the plans to spend just £9m which will be paid entirely by the taxpayer.
Haringey's cabinet member for economic development, Alan Strickland, said: "The council's investment will be £9m, but with funding from the GLA [Greater London Authority] and Spurs, north Tottenham is set for a £400m regeneration."
Spurs's plans include a club superstore and a series of homes half of which they have promised will be affordable.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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I am well but Cllr Sheila Peacock isn't. She sent her apologies to the Planning Committee because she is at home in bed with a bad bout of flu.
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Permalink Reply by Seema Chandwani on
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Sorry, I didnt mean to say she bunked... just that she had not been excluded, just in case ppl thought that.
More importantly, the planning committee had 6 lib dem voting reps... including David Schmitz who I believe is the Lib Dem Tottenham Spokesperson. They, from my understanding also voted in favour to revise the Section 106 terms.
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Permalink Reply by 3dabemynv2wyk on
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I have a large wad of cash to help an impoverished area. I will give it to... an already rich-as-croesus football team who've not only "ghost-towned" loads of properties in the area, but have been threatening to abandon Tottenham for months (years?) now. WTF?
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