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^The message is firmly about this being up to the community to solve, which is fair, because it's the community's facility. It's great to see so many stepping up to the plate.
Far too often people take the sidelines and expect the ubiquitous "them" to do something about these situations, but "they" being councils, landowners etc rarely bother. Look at the other derelict places around the UK.
The funding gap has some margin for contention IMO, though the figures are largely fair, there's room for movement.
It's not really the point at the moment though, I am on a low wage but would pay £50 per year to keep the velodrome as I'm sure many others would, as Tony Doyle did say, "use it or lose it".