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West Pier Conflict Unravelled

West Pier Conflict Unravelled North Yorks Enquirer Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS attempts to clear up a great deal of misinformation concerning the incompatibility between the already-approved Boat-Hoist project for Scarborough’s West Pier and the Scarborough Town Deal Board’s desire to turn [...]

October 8, 2024 North Yorkshire County Council

Renewables? Birds’ Nest Soup!

Renewables? Birds’ Nest Soup! The Enquirer’s very own Harbours correspondent, ALLAN ROBERTS, brings readers an update on the Renewables-Industry/Boat-Hoist Proposal for West Pier, Scarborough. Well done, Alan. The following reality-check appears to have escaped the attention of the local news media. [...]

October 1, 2024 North Yorkshire County Council

High & Dry in Scarborough Harbour

High & Dry in Scarborough Harbour North Yorks Enquirer’s Harbour correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS writes to report the grounding in Scarborough Harbour, at high water, of the replica Spanish galéon “ANDALUCIA” – a humiliation that (as chance would have it) happened [...]

July 18, 2024 North Yorkshire County Council

Dredging the Depths of Fiasco

Dredging the Depths of Fiasco North Yorks Enquirer Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS, using the Councils’ own data, demonstrates the scarcely-credible scale of incompetence of the Scarborough Harbour Management Team’s mindless squandering of the public purse in pursuit of an extremely [...]

June 27, 2024 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

A (Wild) Eye on the Money?

A (Wild) Eye on the Money? Enquirer Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS follows up on three previous articles questioning the prudence of the directing minds behind the Scarborough & Whitby Town Deals Boards. A salutary exercise in the time-honoured exhortation to [...]

August 16, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council

A Monumental Task?

A Monumental Task? North Yorks Enquirer Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS questions the aesthetic and financial judgement of the Scarborough Town Deal Board (STDB). Who wouldn’t? ~~~~~ As many of the public are aware, the Scarborough has received in excess of [...]

June 30, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

Misplaced? 1 Seaweed Sculpture

Misplaced? 1 Seaweed Sculpture Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS casts a quizzical eye over the next in a long line of ‘curiosities’ proposed for Scarborough Harbour. ~~~~~ According to ThisIsTheCoast, a ‘Seaweed Scuplture’ proposal is being put forward by Wild Eye. [...]

June 2, 2023 North Yorkshire County Council

SBC: Before the Flood

SBC: Before the Flood North Yorks Enquirer Harbours correspondent has been examining fresh discrepancies emerging in Scarborough Borough Council’s application of Flood Risk Zone regulations in regard to the universally disliked West Pier ‘regeneration’ project. ~~~~~ How strange that there [...]

March 20, 2023 Scarborough Borough Council

West Pier: Boat-Hoist Missing Link?

West Pier: Boat-Hoist Missing Link? Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS has identified another “slip ‘twixt cup and lip” in the preparation of the 2022 West Pier Regeneration Plan. ~~~~~ Following up on the article in this journal, dated April 2022, which [...]

March 8, 2023 Scarborough Borough Council

West Pier: Potty Time?

West Pier: Potty Time? Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS has identified another fatal flaw in Project Manager Helen JACKSON’s incoherent plan to ‘regenerate’ Scarborough’s West Pier. SBC Harbours Portfolio Holder Councillor Janet JEFFERSON has been apprised of the information contained in [...]

February 28, 2023 Scarborough Borough Council