January 7 2009
Tom Billing, Mayor of Glastonbury, has today issued the following statement:
Statement from the Mayor of Glastonbury re Morland Enterprise Development Site
Like many others in Glastonbury I am very disappointed with the lack of real progress on the Morland Enterprise Development Site by the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA). After 7 years of effort and the spending of around 20 million pounds of public money we have yet to see the essence of a real development. Had the SWRDA got down to business in a timely fashion our dream of an exciting new development with the prospect of quality employment opportunities for the town could have been nearing fruition by now.
As Mayor of this town my first duty is to uphold the law and therefore I cannot condone the occupation of the derelict buildings on the Morland's site but I do very much share the frustration that the squatters must be feeling. I am backing our local MP David Heathcoate-Amory who has called for a public enquiry into the delays and spend of public funds by SWRDA.
I would call upon the squatters to leave the building immediately for their own safety but at the same time I invite the SWRDA to come to the Glastonbury Town Hall to explain to the general public what is going on.
Cllr Tom Billing
Mayor of Glastonbury
Ebenezer Cottage,
30, Northload Street,
Glastonbury,
Somerset.
BA6 9JJ
section 6 occupation is not unlawful
ReplyDeleteps. the mayor should/could call a public meeting about the sorry affair, what a waste of money and possibility, its not only shameful , it borders on criminal.
ReplyDeletewhere is the money, who got it?
£20 million for a set of traffic lights
what a joke!