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The mayor of Better Manchester, Andy Burnham, has dominated out the potential of public funding getting used for Manchester United’s plans for a brand new stadium.
United are presently contemplating their choices with regard to Previous Trafford.
It’s understood that there are presently two most important options – both the refurbishment of the present current grounds or the development of a model new stadium.
A latest report coated by The Peoples Particular person relayed that United are presently leaning in the direction of the latter possibility, through which case Previous Trafford can be demolished.
Final week, the membership confirmed the appointment of world structure studio, Foster + Companions to develop a masterplan for the world surrounding Previous Trafford as a part of their formidable regeneration mission.
There have been ideas that Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS might look to enlist taxpayer money of their bid to assemble a state-of-the-art 100,000-capacity stadium for United, that might be thought of “the Wembley of the North.”
This declare after all sparked some backlash, with former Liverpool man Robbie Fowler even accusing Ratcliffe of “not studying the room.”
Burnham has now set the file straight [via BBC) and indicated that the Red Devils will have to fund any new stadium or refurbishment on their own but some public funds could go into infrastructure for the new neighbourhood in the future, to help build transport links.
For this to materialise, it’s understood that a freight rail terminal situated behind Old Trafford needs to be moved to free up land to make room for any expansion.
Speaking at the Labour conference in Liverpool on Monday, the mayor called on the government to bankroll plans to connect the under-construction Parkside freight terminal on the St Helens-Wigan border to the West Coast Main Line – a venture that is estimated to cost hundreds of millions of pounds.
Burnham said, “What you have here is the huge potential to fix the rail system of the north west of England.”
“The freight coming up to Parkside and Port Salford, taking it out of our city centre, fixes things for passengers. They won’t have to have the freight disruption.”
“What that then does is free up the space around Old Trafford so the club is able to have all of its options looked at and has the biggest possible footprint to use so it can bring forward the most ambitious regeneration. We hope it’s the best football stadium in the world, which brings benefits to residents around it.”
Burnham was accompanied by United legend Gary Neville.
Neville revealed that he doesn’t care too much whether United build a new stadium or refurbish Old Trafford.
The eight-time Premier League winner remarked that the only thing that matters is that United have a world-class stadium at the end of it all.
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