Still waiting
It looks like it will be the new year before we hear any concrete news from Council on the Go Ape application. We’re told Patience is a virtue.
In other happenings, Go Ape have a Q & A forum for their proposed development in Itchen Valley Country Park in the UK. It includes this interesting exchange:
Q: The Friends of Lever park claim that you applied to cut down 3 trees, but you actually felled 21 with no felling license, before you were stopped by objections. Is this true? Have you applied to fell more? Have you applied for an extra zip wire there? Is this what we can expect at IVCP? A few questions, please answer them all. Thank-you
Submitted by J on
19 November 2009
A: You are correct, there were more trees cut down than we had planned at Lever Park. This was a mistake, and not intentional and we can assure you that this mistake will not be made again. In the initial design for the course at Lever Park, we planned for a zip wire on site 4, however this would have meant further trees being felled so we did not proceed with this plan. As a result, we have been running with a solution of a down ladder. This has reduced course flow, and so results in more people on the ground and a long walk to the next site, which is less than satisfactory for us and for other park users. We have recently worked out a slightly different design to allow for the planned zip wire which will not require further felling. We can assure you that our application for Itchen Valley will remain as it is and there will be no further additions to the course.
Submitted by Go Ape on
23 November 2009
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