Post by Nevs on Jun 21, 2006 22:20:48 GMT
EXETER SPEEDWAY MEDIA UPDATE 21 JUNE 2006
Exeter Speedway’s managing director Allen Trump is greatly concerned that ill informed comment in the media could jeopardise his proposals for a new speedway stadium at Haldon Racecourse. The comments relate to the impact speedway could have on the Fire Services residential home at Harcombe House. Trump is also urging fans throughout the south west to back his efforts by writing letters of support to Teignbridge District Council planning department.
Said Trump” We have carried out all the necessary planning requirements and our proposals have passed stringent tests relating to noise, pollution, traffic movement, wildlife and the environment. I engaged a specialist engineering and acoustics firm, SB Consulting, to carry out a rigorous Noise Impact Assessment. This proved conclusively that speedway racing at Haldon Racecourse will not cause any disturbance to local residents.”
“I was particularly disturbed to read in the local press that executives of the Fire Services Charity were claiming that speedway racing at our stadium would create ‘excessive noise and pollution’ which would have ‘massive’ implications for their residents. I have no idea where they got their facts from but can categorically prove that sound meters registered a zero rating at the entrance to their establishment on two occasions when we have being running four speedway machines at full throttle at the Racecourse 1.5 kilometres away. On these occasions the overriding background noise was that of traffic on the nearby A38 dual carriageway which registered approximately 39 dBA. Ironically Harcombe House is twice as far away from our proposed site as it is from the A38.”
“Our proposed venue cannot be seen from Harcombe House and no race traffic will go anywhere near it. Speedway racing was staged at Haldon in the
late seventies and early eighties while weekly Sunday afternoon training sessions also took place there for three years without any complaints being registered. The local authority, when granting planning permission, deemed it an appropriate area for speedway racing.
“Many Falcons’ supporters live in the Teignbridge district and I urge them all to write in support to Mr Dave Radford, Head of Planning Services, Planning Department, Teignbridge District Council, Forde House, Newton Abbot TQ12 4XX quoting our application number which is 06/05244/MAJ. Remembering to include your name and address otherwise it will be ignored”
Exeter Speedway racing was previously based at Exeter’s County Ground stadium from March 1929 to October 2006 when the venue was sold for development. Trump stressed that if Haldon, considered the ideal site due to its isolated location, was turned down it would be the end of the sport as far as Exeter was concerned. Six times world champion and former Falcons’ skipper Ivan Mauger OBE, MBE is backing Trump’s proposals and was among the first to write a letter of support from his home on Australia’s Gold Coast.
“Speedway has been a great servant to the economy of Exeter over 76 years.” said Mauger who was voted Speedway’s Millennium Man in 2000, “It annually attracted thousands of visitors to the city and gave Exeter a high profile in the 34 countries in which speedway is staged.”
Exeter Speedway’s managing director Allen Trump is greatly concerned that ill informed comment in the media could jeopardise his proposals for a new speedway stadium at Haldon Racecourse. The comments relate to the impact speedway could have on the Fire Services residential home at Harcombe House. Trump is also urging fans throughout the south west to back his efforts by writing letters of support to Teignbridge District Council planning department.
Said Trump” We have carried out all the necessary planning requirements and our proposals have passed stringent tests relating to noise, pollution, traffic movement, wildlife and the environment. I engaged a specialist engineering and acoustics firm, SB Consulting, to carry out a rigorous Noise Impact Assessment. This proved conclusively that speedway racing at Haldon Racecourse will not cause any disturbance to local residents.”
“I was particularly disturbed to read in the local press that executives of the Fire Services Charity were claiming that speedway racing at our stadium would create ‘excessive noise and pollution’ which would have ‘massive’ implications for their residents. I have no idea where they got their facts from but can categorically prove that sound meters registered a zero rating at the entrance to their establishment on two occasions when we have being running four speedway machines at full throttle at the Racecourse 1.5 kilometres away. On these occasions the overriding background noise was that of traffic on the nearby A38 dual carriageway which registered approximately 39 dBA. Ironically Harcombe House is twice as far away from our proposed site as it is from the A38.”
“Our proposed venue cannot be seen from Harcombe House and no race traffic will go anywhere near it. Speedway racing was staged at Haldon in the
late seventies and early eighties while weekly Sunday afternoon training sessions also took place there for three years without any complaints being registered. The local authority, when granting planning permission, deemed it an appropriate area for speedway racing.
“Many Falcons’ supporters live in the Teignbridge district and I urge them all to write in support to Mr Dave Radford, Head of Planning Services, Planning Department, Teignbridge District Council, Forde House, Newton Abbot TQ12 4XX quoting our application number which is 06/05244/MAJ. Remembering to include your name and address otherwise it will be ignored”
Exeter Speedway racing was previously based at Exeter’s County Ground stadium from March 1929 to October 2006 when the venue was sold for development. Trump stressed that if Haldon, considered the ideal site due to its isolated location, was turned down it would be the end of the sport as far as Exeter was concerned. Six times world champion and former Falcons’ skipper Ivan Mauger OBE, MBE is backing Trump’s proposals and was among the first to write a letter of support from his home on Australia’s Gold Coast.
“Speedway has been a great servant to the economy of Exeter over 76 years.” said Mauger who was voted Speedway’s Millennium Man in 2000, “It annually attracted thousands of visitors to the city and gave Exeter a high profile in the 34 countries in which speedway is staged.”
The sound of the bikes at Harcombe house will be as loud as a clap of thunder will it? 
