Punt Road Oval Redevelopment [merged]

[WilliamPowell]

no matter how you dress it up the club has stuffed this up. Inflation was running hot in 2022/3 so why didnt they lock in a builder prior to this, and commence straight way

also was approved mid 2022?

when you rely on the state government to sort you out with funding you end up with absolute chaos.

From Dec 2022

http://oneeyed-richmond.com/forum/index.php?topic=27449.msg737301#msg737301

Says permits approved late 2022, going out to tender in 2023 with builder to be appointed 2nd qtr of 2023

Only $15 mill fprmcthe state gpvt Frankie, and $15-$20 mil from the federal govt.

no matter how you dress it up the club has stuffed this up. Inflation was running hot in 2022/3 so why didnt they lock in a builder prior to this, and commence straight way

also was approved mid 2022?

when you rely on the state government to sort you out with funding you end up with absolute chaos.

💯 and let's forget we had good 5 years of sustained successes winning 3 flags should have capitalised on it .

Incredibly simplistic. 5 years of sustained success doesn't mean you have a spare $50 mil lying around 

Not sure how you've come up with your assumption

Agree they should have started earlier but it is clear the Club has not wanted to go into large debt. And I have no issue with that.

But they should have started earlier this year. Perception to a degree is everything and if people saw they were going ahead and doing this then they actually would have had more success with their fundraising endeavours

Waiting has cost them. Granted no one would have foreseen the season from hell we had but the season from he

 Has a had a massive impact


Finally re this:

Fair point and agree. In saying that Gale was running the project and who's bright idea was the brick and fundraising that was embarrassing. Rather the club was upfront from the begging members we're left in the dark way to long not enough transparency.

There's a board sub committee regarding the development and it would have been their collective idea around the brick by brick campaign. Yes  as CEO Benny would have been heavily in actioning the plans but again to suggest he is the sole person instigating the plans is ...well.. wrong

Absolutely,  agree they needed to be more open about the entire drawn out saga.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

no matter how you dress it up the club has stuffed this up. Inflation was running hot in 2022/3 so why didnt they lock in a builder prior to this, and commence straight way

also was approved mid 2022?

when you rely on the state government to sort you out with funding you end up with absolute chaos.

It wasn’t possible to get labour at half decent pricing through this time because your tax was overpaying the same labour double the rates to build infrastructure that we don’t need or waited too long to start.
I am not proposing we rely on state govt money but contrasting what has happened to the cats.

I struggle with one dimensional, ignorant posting. Sending my apologies in advance for challenging your ill informed diatribe.

Kind Regards.

[Go Richo 12]

As a president of a sporting club that is undergoing major renovations to the tune of millions, it’s been a frustratingly slow process. You pay $60k for a master plan, you get funding promises from both sides of politics at state and federal level. Then you have to consult ( the objections are ludicrous), then it goes to tender, then the money goes to local government, then they hold onto it for as long they can ( it’s earning them interest), then the funding gets released to the successful tender who don’t have capacity to start straight away……it was a 8 year process for us.

[Tigeritis™©®]

There are ways to get things done very quickly.

Some people just need a little extra motivation to get the paperwork and permits done.

Make them an offer they can't refuse.

[one-eyed]

The Doozy's have arrived....

Fragments from a doomed grandstand
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