James Blonde Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Manx National Heritage are going to demand £2.5m from tax payers to fund their plans for returning the 'Peggy' to Castletown. https://gef.im/2022/01/10/mnh-outline-5m-plans-for-peggy/ Surely all non-essential schemes like this should be frozen indefinitely with the current financial climate? Ashford is talking up the case to raise NI to fund health services - a better place to start would be slashing all 'nice to haves' like this and spending the money on essentials. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Would private funding be an option? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 8 minutes ago, Amadeus said: Would private funding be an option? Just need to find someone stupid enough to have £2.5million they don't have a better use for. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebean Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Amadeus said: Would private funding be an option? I suspect, if private funding was going to be the finance for this, the costs would be in the 100s of thousands, not the £5m MNH is seeking. Grandiose schemes come easy when it is not your money and you don’t have to consider any return from the investment. Private funding would be a welcome option for many areas of provision on the Island, but it is not really an option when the Government thinks it has to own everything and pay for it. Perhaps Ashford should consider prioritising Government expenditure rather than hiking the tax burden on the working population. It’s radical thinking, I know. Edited January 10, 2022 by joebean 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duck of Atholl Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I think that is a huge chunk of cash to be throwing at this project at this time. If it costs £5m to tell Peggy’s story I’ll tell mine for £3m 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 "World class all-weather heritage visitor attraction" Has got Diesel locomotive and flumes written all over it and will it be £5 million though, or more likely agreed to start at £5million and after several delays it costs £15million. Stick it in one of our existing 'heritage' centres there's plenty of them, surely if they have got important heritage artifacts in them they must be carefully climate controlled already. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 This is the same MNH who previously needed £7M for a "store" at Balthane too, IIRC? Hopefully somebody is carefully vetting these requests and applications. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 For goodness sake priorities are needed here and fast, we can't seem to spend money fast enough whilst dreaming up further taxation for the man in the street to pay for it. It has to stop. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Blonde Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 It seems MNH are preparing to raise £2.5m themselves. So perhaps they should come up with a scheme that costs £2.5m? 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Amadeus said: Would private funding be an option? Here's another... 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 2 hours ago, The Chief said: "World class all-weather heritage visitor attraction" Has got Diesel locomotive and flumes written all over it and will it be £5 million though, or more likely agreed to start at £5million and after several delays it costs £15million. Stick it in one of our existing 'heritage' centres there's plenty of them, surely if they have got important heritage artifacts in them they must be carefully climate controlled already. Good idea. Put the little boat on display at the end of the flumes. I'll do that for £4m. £1m saving, bosh! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Non-Believer said: This is the same MNH who previously needed £7M for a "store" at Balthane too, IIRC? Hopefully somebody is carefully vetting these requests and applications. There are MHKs that sit as trustees to MNH. During the last administration wasn’t Rob Callister sitting on the board? The trouble is every Government entity has squandered taxpayers funds on ‘nice to haves’, and ‘must haves’ and their versions of ‘essential and top prioritiy’. Their priorities are different to other priorities but they used their connections and threw their weight around to get what they wanted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Put a duty on Alcohol to pay for it? It sustained it originally? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 11 minutes ago, slinkydevil said: Good idea. Put the little boat on display at the end of the flumes. I'll do that for £4m. £1m saving, bosh! Jersey has a wonderful maritime museum, harbour side and it’s small boats berthed by the marina. Well worth a visit, was impressed, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Amadeus said: Would private funding be an option? A suggestion- allow someone to donate £ms for tax reduction, or in lieu of taxes owed? Or perhaps one of our big financial services institutions could donate, in return for naming rights? Edited January 10, 2022 by 2112 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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