Leader of Thanet District Council, Cllr. Sandy Ezekiel said:“I am bitterly saddened of the news that Thanet College will not receive the capital funding needed to relocate to a new, purpose built campus at Westwood. Both the Governors and staff of Thanet College are disappointed to learn that their own relocation plans do not form part of the 13 colleges selected for the next stage of the funding allocation in 2011.
This is a great shame for Thanet and I feel, a huge opportunity missed to improve and offer state of the art training facilities to both Thanet residents and its workforce.
Building the new campus and once it was ready, wuld have provided new jobs, and in this current economic climate this won’t help improve Thanet’s rising unemployment rate. I am pleased that the college is continuing to liaise with the LSC to explore the future options for alternative development strategies and we will do what we can to help support any future applications for this new, much needed skills and training facility.”
Personally I don't see this as such a bad thing. Westwood Cross is over-stretched enough (build it in Margate or Cliftonville instead!).
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