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ivan burit
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 Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:11 am Post subject: How to spend £650 million on a seaside resort |
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English seaside resort.
Fish and chips and old folk dozing off in deck chairs with knotted hankies on their heads.
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Projects amounting to a staggering £650 million have just been unveiled.
It comes as a complete contrast to the bleak picture painted by the recient Parliamentary report into England's coastal towns: young people moving out, old folk moving in, no jobs, poor housing and a lack of economic investment......
£500m will see the building of thousands of holiday homes, a hotel, music arena, conference centre and ice skating rink.
£100m is the price tag on a proposed marina, being planned by two successful hoteliers
£50m is aimed at bringing new development to the local area..
Laurence Davis: pumping £500m into Fantasy Island
The successful Fantasy Island theme park and outdoor market have been taken over by a London property group Conduit.
Chief executive Laurence Davis sees the area as ripe for development.
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"With global warning the English coast is becoming a more attractive proposition for holidaymakers.
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"We did a search around Britain and we thought the area had both the tradition of a great resort and the need for regeneration.
"When we looked at Fantasy Island, we saw great potential - it is an ideal site with plenty of visitors and the loyalty factor is tremendous."
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The area has the biggest concentration of caravans in Europe, but Conduit want to move slightly upmarket, with an initial phase of 1,800 holiday homes.
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A hotel and other facilities will follow, and the site is one of three in the area bidding to build a small casino.
Taj Bola: behind the new marina plan...
The Bola brothers from Leicester used to visit for holidays as children.
Now successful businessmen, they have returned to help transform the resort.
Waterfront development
They have turned a derelict hotel into the Royal Renaissance Hotel and Bollywood Restaurant at a cost of £12m, but their next plans are much more ambitious: a waterfront development and marina.
Artist impression of proposed marina
"The marina project is designed to breathe new life into the area which needs innovative developments to take it to its next level.
"It is important that the resort moves away from seasonality to appeal as a year round destination.
"There is a real need to establish energizing facilities to stimulate the town to enthral new visitors".
District Council 'onboard'
And District Council has launched a £50m to improve the area, often seen as the neglected part of the coast.
The council is excited about the high level of private investment in the coast.
A Chief executive said: "Our area already a major resort but in ten years time we want it up there in the top one or two.
"We have a lot to offer, we are expanding, and we are looking at a countryside park along the coast.
"We aim to be a major tourist attraction that people will come to, year in and year out."
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AND JUST WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS FOREWARD THINKING COASTAL HOLIDAY AND RESIDENTIAL AREA IS.................
CLACTON _ ON _SEA..........................
NO, SORRY TO SAY ITS NOT, ITS MILES AWAY, IN LINCOLNSHIRE...
ITS SKEGNESS, THAT MUCH RUN DOWN AREA ON ITS OWN COAST, BUT THAT COAST THAT WILL SEE REGENERATION TAKE PLACE TO ENSURE ITS SURVIVAL AMOUNG THE FITTEST...
And Tendering, well, you and me will still have to wait to see just what, if any, plans we have coming up sometime soon, if ever....
As the man with two hats sits and shakes his head in disbelife at whats going, or not going on, around him.... 
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In truth we seek,In truth we learn,In Tendering,We get neither.. |
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