Thursday, February 16, 2006
nimbys
NIMBYS
We seem to have a surplus of this "social class" at the moment, every time that a proposal to improve something in this town is floated, up pop the NIMBYs (not in my back yard). It started with the proposed "super school", it wasn't wanted at Temple Memorial Park, it wasn't wanted at Chuter Ede, it appears that it isn't wanted at Nevison Avenue either! Perhaps it ought to be built at Brinkburn after all? Don't even suggest it, there is already a group of NIMBYs preparing the case to fight it there too.
An ambitious plan to redevelop part of the riverside (the SAFA site) has also come under attack from those living nearby simply because the plan includes two "rotundas", eight storeys high and very modernistic. On the artist's impression of the plans they look futuristic and in keeping with the adventurous development of the river frontage, they don't look as though they will be any higher than the land behind them at Greens Place, and they don't look as though they will obstruct riverside views from that vantage point. I can't imagine that North Shields residents will complain about the view from their side either.
We will of course have a lengthy and necessarily expensive period of public consultation about the issue, counter proposals will be submitted, and further consultations will be held. Eventually the whole development may be transposed to another part, and the whole process might start again.
Sometimes, it's time to be decisive (I think).
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We seem to have a surplus of this "social class" at the moment, every time that a proposal to improve something in this town is floated, up pop the NIMBYs (not in my back yard). It started with the proposed "super school", it wasn't wanted at Temple Memorial Park, it wasn't wanted at Chuter Ede, it appears that it isn't wanted at Nevison Avenue either! Perhaps it ought to be built at Brinkburn after all? Don't even suggest it, there is already a group of NIMBYs preparing the case to fight it there too.
An ambitious plan to redevelop part of the riverside (the SAFA site) has also come under attack from those living nearby simply because the plan includes two "rotundas", eight storeys high and very modernistic. On the artist's impression of the plans they look futuristic and in keeping with the adventurous development of the river frontage, they don't look as though they will be any higher than the land behind them at Greens Place, and they don't look as though they will obstruct riverside views from that vantage point. I can't imagine that North Shields residents will complain about the view from their side either.
We will of course have a lengthy and necessarily expensive period of public consultation about the issue, counter proposals will be submitted, and further consultations will be held. Eventually the whole development may be transposed to another part, and the whole process might start again.
Sometimes, it's time to be decisive (I think).
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