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Oldbull wrote:Tim, Ive been following the developments of the circuit of Wales from the beginning mate , its just you that chose not to believe me
Isnt the site from the old steel works which used to run nearly the whole length of the valley ... My grandad used to work there and I used to walk up to meet him from work when I was a kid... They lived in Cwm for most of their lives and we used to visit every school holliday... Loved it down there I did ..... cant believe how run down its got since our last visit
From the above I still assume your information source has been solely from the MCN or MotoGP website? . Put the cart behind the horse for a moment and go study in detail the Circuit of Wales website including the pdf documents. (Never mind whos got contract for what GP race , how much stand tickets are and what about parking....thats all a bit in front of ourselves ).
I thought ya gramps was from Victoria Terrace at the bottom end of the works......opposite the coke ovens just below Garden City? ( apologies if not, must be confusing you with an old workmate who also had a gramps from Ebbw).
Anyrode, no matter, Victoria Terrace or Cwm.....either place couldnt be further away from the proposed circuit site Dave. The site is just north of the Heads of the Valley road just above the estate of Rassau, nowhere near the old steelworks site. Its up on the moors. As I say, go look at the website
http://www.circuitofwales.com/planning/Theres a lot of documents to read, inc pics; lots of pics of area and visual impacts. Info on environment, geography, drainage, climate, you name it its there. (Theres also an issue with a main North Sea gas pipeline that runs east to west across the moors just alongside the circuit site. Its a massive pipeline too....remember it being constructed mebbe late sixties as I used to go up there after school when they'd all fekked off, and spend all evening starting the machines up....the big dumpers were fekkin great fun as you just couldn't crash on the moors.
I digress.....go look in detail at the nitty gritty and to where they are now with it.