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It appears that His Lordship and another failed to attend a TVCA overview and scrutiny meeting at the airport on Thursday so the meeting was cancelled as there was not a quorum, he also failed to attend the November meeting, although members stated that it was organised around houchen's calendar, as the person making all the decisions at TIA and trying to make it a success, why not attend meetings
Has everyone forgotten? I seem to remember that the opposition Mayoral candidate to Houchen was recorded as being completely against wasting money on saving MME. At least you have an airport to complain about. (I hold no view eitherway).
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They haven't forgotten just several active contributors to this thread are either secretly, publicly or obliviously aligned with said opposition. I am happy for the Mayor to continue "wasting" all the money he wants on the place, as should we all be.
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The question that needs answering is - is he actually wasting money on the place? By what measure are you making your decision?
Passenger numbers?
Position against the turn around plan?
Teesside International Airport accounts?
Gooespool 2019 accounts?
All have varying degrees of sucsses and failure at this moment in time!
How long are you prepared to wait to make your decision as well?
The turnaround plan has a time frame, are we willing to let that materialise and then make a decision? Or should we be passing judgement right away?
Passenger numbers?
Position against the turn around plan?
Teesside International Airport accounts?
Gooespool 2019 accounts?
All have varying degrees of sucsses and failure at this moment in time!
How long are you prepared to wait to make your decision as well?
The turnaround plan has a time frame, are we willing to let that materialise and then make a decision? Or should we be passing judgement right away?
Surely we can question the way money is being spent (taxpayers money). Anybody believe that £20m on a train station that isn't goig to be needed in the forseeable future? Is the freight centre a good investment?
Clearly there are some good things happening, but some questionable one's as well. As was mentioned earlier, balance.
Clearly there are some good things happening, but some questionable one's as well. As was mentioned earlier, balance.
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Our mayor did another piece to camera tonight describing the huge investments going into upgrading the road and rail networks in the region. Interesting stuff if a little confused.
Of relevance to the airport, he still does not appear to be able to say were the new station is going to be located but we are apparently getting driverless trams from the station to the terminal via the business park as it's all on private roads. That will be interesting, especially getting to the south side.
For the first time since last summer that I know of he actually responded a question about the lack of progress at the Willis Village but didn't say much other than that they are consulting and reviewing things.
A very poorly worded question from a numpty apparently about his honesty resulted in an interesting statement that he and his wife can hardly afford to put food on the table!
Of relevance to the airport, he still does not appear to be able to say were the new station is going to be located but we are apparently getting driverless trams from the station to the terminal via the business park as it's all on private roads. That will be interesting, especially getting to the south side.
For the first time since last summer that I know of he actually responded a question about the lack of progress at the Willis Village but didn't say much other than that they are consulting and reviewing things.
A very poorly worded question from a numpty apparently about his honesty resulted in an interesting statement that he and his wife can hardly afford to put food on the table!
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£20 million on a rail terminal at the airport is sheer madness, TIA has a perfectly good car park right Infront of the terminal yielding excellent revenue, why shoot yourself in the foot.....and a tram system without tracks, surely that's a bus, and many other schemes all delivered within two years, while a government official stated that this £1 bn will only be released in 2027,
Hope no one planning on going to Amsterdam in the next couple of days..all flights are cancelled!
KLM everywhere seems to shut down these days as soon as they can find an excuse!
KLM everywhere seems to shut down these days as soon as they can find an excuse!
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I know there are no facts to back this up, but I stand to be corrected and apologise in advance if there are.
I think if you go back just a couple of years..KLM were one of the airlines you could rely on..I would suggest..not so much these days!
Having said that a lot of flights were cancelled UK wide earlier today…all of a sudden they appear to be operating again ! over reaction maybe?
Having said that a lot of flights were cancelled UK wide earlier today…all of a sudden they appear to be operating again ! over reaction maybe?