SIR – Regarding the mirror pool and how much money it brings in etc.
If a million people spend a pound each, there that that’s an extra £1m. But where did they come from? If for example they all travelled there from Shipley then presumably they would have spent that money in Shipley anyway, so the Bradford Met district as a whole is no better off; in fact maybe worse given all the fumes pumped into the air by all the extra cars and buses.
So the real question is how much extra money are people spending, that they would not normally spend anyway, just because of the pool. How many people are saying “Wow a pool! Must go out and spend.”?
That doesn't sound very Bradford to me.
John Wilson, Wilsons Solicitors, The Green, Idle , Bradford
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