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Good points Sloth.
But I'm thinking, if you assume that the running track (which we apparently won't accept) will now be written in and that it would look like too much of a bribe if they withdraw the NDP offer then perhaps they have little to gain by offering us any more. Chances of us going outside Haringey other than the OS are slim right. And do nothing at all is not really an option in the long run. I know there was something about Enfield and the Lee Valley years ago but would we screen want to try to get permission when we had such a hard time trying to built on the shyte around WHL.
Anyway, really hope we do go through with the JR. Will be interesting to see if Levy can turn the takes yet again
I think the main reason they would want to stop the JR is that it would cause political embarrassment were they to lose it, us and West Ham would presumably be able to claim back the money we spent bidding against a false prospectus and were it to be re-done there's no guarantee there'd be competition in the re-run process (we'd not be involved), West Ham might not be able to afford it and they'd be back to square one, insisting on a running track but with an expensive stadium slowly sinking into disuse and dereliction.
Against that they've got West Ham and the current situation suits all official parties very well.
The question is what more can City Hall offer? Can they bring pressure on CABE and EH to drop their conditions? Will they promise to get TFL to do something about the Victoria Line extension? Will they allow us to build the number of apartments we originally wanted to? It seems to me that there is plenty they could do, if there was the political will to do it.