Racetrack plan shatters quiet life in France...

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Racetrack plan shatters quiet life in France...


Clair 19/05/2008, 5:07
I came across this article in today's press: Racetrack plan shatters quiet life in France
... and then started looking into the background... The proposal
Daggers drawn over plans for race circuit in tranquil Dordogne village (background article dated 2005)
Discussion in the local press
Local opposition group
Manifestation contre un circuit auto à Nontron


Clair
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Iceni 19/05/2008, 8:41

Unsure as to the relevance of "wealthy Oxford graduate" being behind the scheme but it least it proves that class matters, at least in the eyes of the Times.

Be grateful Clair it's 200 km away.

NIMBY ? moi?


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Clair 19/05/2008, 9:01
We had a somewhat similar situation around Chichester with the revival of the Goodwood racetrack.
After several years of wrangles with local committees and the planning departments, Goodwood Racetrack meetings have become part of the Classic Car calendar.The track owners have had to install several noise and air pollution monitoring systems and they are only allowed to have a limited number of track days in the year.
Having had to work on the edge of the race track for several years, I can categorically say that the light aircraft and helicopter wannabe pilots practising their take-off and landing manoeuvres were considerably noisier than the cars racing round!

However, unlike Goodwood, the track and associated businesses under discussion are being newly created.
Also, bearing in mind the usually very poor traffic organisation for local and regional events, I would not fancy this particular track on my doorstep...
Clair
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Dick Smith 19/05/2008, 9:22
I read recently that Brands Hatch had made an agreement with local residents (all of the houses affected having been built 20 years after the racetrack), and in that the restriction of helicopter and light aircraft movements was the most important part.

Regards

Dick Smith

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cooperlola 19/05/2008, 10:09
Some of us would pay good money to have a circuit on our doorstep.Big Smile [:D]
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Dick Smith 19/05/2008, 10:32
Quite.

I get a bit fed up with the people who buy houses next to circuits and then expect the circuit to be closed down to suit them.

Regards

Dick Smith

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Hoddy 19/05/2008, 10:51
I live within listening distance of the race track at Castle Donington which I knew was there when I bought my house. Frankly, the race and practice days aren't a real problem, it's not as though they are racing every day and the police have the traffic well-organised.
As I see it the more likely problem for the people living near this proposed track would be the ancillaries. Obviously investors want the maximum possible return on their investment and so use their facilities as much as possible. The track at Donington has all sorts of other events such as antiques fairs and ideal home exhibition types of things as well as a regular Sunday market. If this happens at the propsoed site it will change the nature of their area into something different from what they bargained for.

Hoddy

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Clair 19/05/2008, 11:01
 Dick Smith wrote:
Quite. I get a bit fed up with the people who buy houses next to circuits and then expect the circuit to be closed down to suit them.

I agree, however, this race track would be brand new to the area and I can understand the concerns of the locals.
Traffic at public events in France is not quite as well policed and organised as it is in England and anyone who has attended races (at Le Mans for instance) knows of the frustrations and restrictions locals have to endure...

Clair
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john+1 19/05/2008, 11:06

 Hoddy wrote:
I live within listening distance of the race track at Castle Donington which I knew was there when I bought my house. Frankly, the race and practice days aren't a real problem, it's not as though they are racing every day and the police have the traffic well-organised. As I see it the more likely problem for the people living near this proposed track would be the ancillaries. Obviously investors want the maximum possible return on their investment and so use their facilities as much as possible. The track at Donington has all sorts of other events such as antiques fairs and ideal home exhibition types of things as well as a regular Sunday market. If this happens at the propsoed site it will change the nature of their area into something different from what they bargained for. Hoddy

 

I would think the airport more of a problem for you, than the race track.

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