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Re: New Footbridge Across The River Wear

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Nockya wrote: 08 Apr 2021, 23:45 It will have been the money at the time but now the Vaux development is underway and the new civic centre then the money is available.
I would love to see the cost now.
Isn't the money coming from legal and general, the insurance company?


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Re: New Footbridge Across The River Wear

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Sandy Mackem wrote: 08 Apr 2021, 19:56
Crawford wrote: 07 Apr 2021, 04:36 It is about time and should have been done when the Stadium of Light was built.
^ This - I really don't know how they got away with not building it when the stadium of light can hold 50,000 people. Probably more when the concerts are on.
I don't know but the cost at the time was around £6m.
A footbridge was certainly something that the stadium needed at the time.


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Re: New Footbridge Across The River Wear

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Crawford wrote: 09 Apr 2021, 11:28
Sandy Mackem wrote: 08 Apr 2021, 19:56

^ This - I really don't know how they got away with not building it when the stadium of light can hold 50,000 people. Probably more when the concerts are on.
I don't know but the cost at the time was around £6m.
A footbridge was certainly something that the stadium needed at the time.
You would have thought that short could have funded that.


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Re: New Footbridge Across The River Wear

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Steve30000 wrote: 09 Apr 2021, 11:30
Crawford wrote: 09 Apr 2021, 11:28

I don't know but the cost at the time was around £6m.
A footbridge was certainly something that the stadium needed at the time.
You would have thought that short could have funded that.
At the time it was Bob Murray, he could have had a bridge over the River Wear named after him.
Still, he has the Murray Library named after him because of his funding there.

We also have Niall Quinn centre at the Royal Hospital - I think this comes from his testimonial money.
I'm not sure about any other landmarks around Sunderland with football connections.


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Re: New Footbridge Across The River Wear

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Bob did it all on the cheap though, I'm not knocking him because I appreciate what he did.
In fact, I get slaughtered for praising him, not so much now but at the time it was bad.
If the bridge cost a million it would have been built :lol:


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Re: New Footbridge Across The River Wear

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Sunderland Nut wrote: 09 Apr 2021, 11:49 Bob did it all on the cheap
Didn't he build the stadium for 14 million quid?


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Re: New Footbridge Across The River Wear

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Sandy Mackem wrote: 09 Apr 2021, 12:54
Sunderland Nut wrote: 09 Apr 2021, 11:49 Bob did it all on the cheap
Didn't he build the stadium for 14 million quid?
A lot of grants as well


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Re: New Footbridge Across The River Wear

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Sunderland Nut wrote: 09 Apr 2021, 11:49 Bob did it all on the cheap though, I'm not knocking him because I appreciate what he did.
In fact, I get slaughtered for praising him, not so much now but at the time it was bad.
If the bridge cost a million it would have been built :lol:
He would have had to have sold a lot of kitchens to get the bridge built.


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Re: New Footbridge Across The River Wear

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Steve30000 wrote: 09 Apr 2021, 13:32
Sandy Mackem wrote: 09 Apr 2021, 12:54

Didn't he build the stadium for 14 million quid?
A lot of grants as well
The whole lot probably.


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Re: New Footbridge Across The River Wear

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So have they started work on the new bridge yet?


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