What was once the 1795 built Glamorganshire Canal was a council run car park. After the first building was finished, the RCMD was allowed to grass over the carpark to make it more attractive.
But a condition was that the old canal footprint remained and would be kept intact for future archeology.
Not only has that portion of the canal been obliterated, the college has managed to steal even more land and place carparking under their own control.
College supremo Hilary Bowden says it is a historic site and she's correct. Unfortunately her respect of our historic and cultural heritage doesn't seem to matter if it gets in the way of what she wants.
And as for Cardiff's transportation policies - who will be using all the extra parking RCMD now controlls - the public? students? lecturers? No chance - its for the overpaid unaccountable colleges big-wigs who could quite easily commute from their leafy suburbs by bus but don't see why they should share anything with the rest of us (let alone to the taxpayers who pay them)
£22.5m spent and what does Cardiff get?
Simple question then - how much did Cardiff Council get paid for the land (or lease) and did anyone else benefit financially?
ReplyDeleteA bunch of luvies teaching a load of Welsh girlies how to play the harp - or pretend to be little Richard Burtons. For what? So they can get jobs on Pobol y Cwm that most people will never watch
ReplyDeleteMore like 'Doctors' or 'Casualty' so they can boast how many actors on BBC nationwide drama are Welsh so it puts Wales 'on the map' again.
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