By Peter Tremayne Talks between some of England’s leading rugby clubs, keen to set up their own exclusive “super league” competition, have shed new light on the government’s continuing delays…
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Well, now Dickie Evans knows how Truro/Threemilestone feel – we feel we were ridden roughshod over during the whole negotiation for the site. The Cornish Pirates were totally not interested in our concerns about how this would affect our communities – their sole focus was premiership rugby status and to hell with how it affected the lives of people who live here. I totally oppose the use of public money for this grandiose plan, which uses up a lot of green space, will increase traffic horrendously, cause great pressure on an already dodgy sewerage system, increase flood risk, and I dread to think of the amount of carbon it will contribute to our greenhouse gas emissions. Surely rugby grounds should be within easy walking distance of a railway station and children should be able to access it safely, if it is to have benefit for the community.