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Subject: Submission. Please read, I'm trying to save millions for 'poor hard earned tax payers' Never too late?
On reading Senator McLean's piece on Health funding 31/01.2017 and how he hoped to raise £15 million by 2019, I will endeavour to help him.
If Senator McLean had a word with Senator Green and told him not to carry on wasting tax payers hard earned money, he may still be able to have his £15 million by 2019 or before and much more.
Had Senator Green not spent well in excess of £10 million pounds on 'specialist expert advisors looking at 53 possible sites' (where on earth could there be 53 sites in a 9x5 island), Senator McLean would have had 2/3rds of 'his money' now.
I will now attempt to save the Treasurer Minister £100's of millions.
St Saviours Hospital site is not only big enough for a state of the art hospital, but also a States owned care, nursing and recuperation home which is badly needed; St Saviour's Hospital is closer to town than the Princess Elizabeth Hospital is to St Peter Port in Guernsey.
No properties, hotels, restaurants, houses or apartments in Kensington Place would have to be purchased or demolished.
If Visit Jersey is to attract 1000.000 visitors, hotels and restaurants are needed.
St Saviour's Hospital land is 'free' as it is in States ownership. Hopefully the hospital will be designed by local architects and engineers, and built by Jersey contractors.
Not forgetting there would be no disruption to patients, no healthy person, let alone sick patients want to hear 'jack hammers and drills' going all day long for what could be years.
This would free up the current Gloucester St and Overdale sites to be sold for affordable housing, thus bringing in savings of £100's millions for the Treasury and the tax payer.
Gloucester St and Overdale so close to town should help in the reduction of traffic.
Diesel in the United Kingdom is responsible for 40.000 deaths a year, Government figures, (Guardian 27 April 2017) what better reason to reduce vehicle use.
I can only hope those politicians opposing Gloucester St site and those that were misled in States debates will call for another debate on the hospital as soon as possible 'if not sooner'. Building could start on the St Saviours site within the next year.
Brian Hotton. MA. (Londi), BA. (Hons), BSc. (Hons).
NB. I have been informed that part of Overdale has been 'earmarked for possible HNW homes', leaving just the newest buildings closer to Westmount Rd with the Health Dept.