Funding for the i360 has been agreed by Brighton and Hove City Council.
The decision was taken by the council’s Policy and Resources Committee in a meeting at Hove Town Hall this afternoon (Thursday 6 March).
Opposition Conservative group leader Councillor Geoffrey Theobald made a passionate speech in support.
He said: “As a group we have looked into this issue more closely than probably any other issue that has come before the council.
“This is an incredibly important decision for the whole city.
“Going back over the last 25 years or so, there have been a whole lot of projects that have never happened for one reason or another.
“Brighton and Hove has gained a very poor reputation among developers.
“Looking at this part of the seafront, there is no doubt that it is run down. There is very little to attract people here apart from a morbid fascination with looking at the collapsing West Pier.
Stagnation
“If we vote today with Councillor Morgan – Councillor No – then we will be condemning the seafront here to many more years of stagnation.
“We would be guilty of leaving our shop window tarnished.
“This is a scheme that is ready to go. It has planning permission and the various other permissions it needs.
“The i360 team have spent an awful lot of their own time and money gaining these permissions.
“It would be completed in two years from now.
“Are we really going to turn all this down today when there is no alternative, no plan B? To do so would be the height of irresponsibility.
“Do we really want Brighton and Hove, a genuine city by the sea, to slip back as some other formerly successful seaside resorts have done?
“Brighton and Hove is one of, if not the, largest seaside resorts in terms of international visitors. It is probably the prime seaside conference resort.
i guess most people will now ask the same question . will this be a success , i have just got back from Paris and i am sure that the over 100 year old tower is making a fair bit of a profit its such a leap to imagine the tower on brighton’s historic coast will draw in so many people as the hoped for ” per year estimates ” i have seen the tower in the sea life center in weymouth it cost about 4 million to build http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Weymouth_Sea_Life_Tower%2C_Dorset%2C_England-3Sept2012.jpg
and i have not yet been up the Spinnaker tower you all might know dominates the skyline of portsmouth Spinnaker Tower is a 170-metre this pod will go higher at 200 meters but have somewhat of a strange view i dont really know how much the tickets for the trip will be for a 20 minute ride up there but i am sure like most it will be something to do once ..” or twice a day and night trip ” and then …….. it just needs another few million to take the same ride of pleasure . i took many photos from the top of the Eiffel tower but the one thing about that is it does not appear to over look hotels and peoples houses …. anyway 2016 looking forward to it being erected
i guess most people will now ask the same question . will this be a success , i have just got back from Paris and i am sure that the over 100 year old tower is making a fair bit of a profit its such a leap to imagine the tower on brighton’s historic coast will draw in so many people as the hoped for ” per year estimates ” i have seen the tower in the sea life center in weymouth it cost about 4 million to build http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Weymouth_Sea_Life_Tower%2C_Dorset%2C_England-3Sept2012.jpg
and i have not yet been up the Spinnaker tower you all might know dominates the skyline of portsmouth Spinnaker Tower is a 170-metre this pod will go higher at 200 meters but have somewhat of a strange view i dont really know how much the tickets for the trip will be for a 20 minute ride up there but i am sure like most it will be something to do once ..” or twice a day and night trip ” and then …….. it just needs another few million to take the same ride of pleasure . i took many photos from the top of the Eiffel tower but the one thing about that is it does not appear to over look hotels and peoples houses …. anyway 2016 looking forward to it being erected
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Waste of money think there are many more better things that the money could go on
Waste of money think there are many more better things that the money could go on
This is the opposite of the attraction of Brighton.
This is the opposite of the attraction of Brighton.
Anything that the wretched, incompetent Green council get their hands on will all end in tears.
I wouldn’t trust this bunch of incapable Green Marxists to do something as simple as collect my refuse.
Oh, wait…..
Anything that the wretched, incompetent Green council get their hands on will all end in tears.
I wouldn’t trust this bunch of incapable Green Marxists to do something as simple as collect my refuse.
Oh, wait…..