I have to admit i do agree with you Mockles. There is so much potential around in the Southampton area especially with all of the cruise liners etc bringing in cash.
But the council just don't seem to have any idea how to build on this, have you been down to the cruise liner dock ??
The first thing that the customers from the ships would see are massive piles of rubble from buildings that have been demolished and just left, the car park is almost always covered in a massive blanket of dust. Not really a great advertisement for southampton is it ???
As for redevelopment etc, there has just been nothing, now i agree times are difficult for developers to gain adequate funding etc due to the recession etc however when funding is found nothing seems to get the go ahead.
As for the police headquarters site, i guess you work for Kiers then ?? How is it getting on ??
I work for SSE.