As you can see by the Belfast Telegraph photo impression on how it will look when you look at the plans they might show a different story our concerns would be parking in the area of the stadium, it will have car spaces for 4000 cars this is a vast amount of cars going to a main route and junction. We would ask where the entrances and the exits will be placed at such a busy junction as the Tillysburn round about. Looking at the photo the only entrances would have to be on the Holywood Road, this will bring 4000 extra cars onto a single lane in both directions on to Holywood Road.

We would be interested to know has a traffic survey taken place for the Holywood Road and the Sydenham By Pass, if so what were the results of this. We would also be interested to see what the outcome was with regard to the two major schools also sited on the Holywood Road, what health and safety issues would have to be introduced for the extra volume of traffic when games take place.

The Stadium is state of the art and a centre of Excellence with a national training centre our concerns would be that the Youth in the Sydenham and surrounding areas may forfeit football pitches that they all ready have in the Inverary Playing Fields. Our concerns would be the Youth in the area be able to play football at the new pitches now being planned and if not where would the Youth go.

Stadium grounds show a road leading down the side of the pitches to a bowling green and travelling across the Sydenham by Pass, is this an entrance to the site from the Sydenham By Pass and we would also be interested to see the traffic surveys  for this link with cars travelling to George Best City Airport. We would have concerns regarding tailbacks leading up to the intersection from the airport.

The new railway halt we would be very interested in this halt and to its purpose of use will this halt be a state of the art halt to get both passengers to and from George Best City Airport, and also have passenger travel ramps along the covered bridge and will there be Disabled Access to both sides of the rail track with toilet facilities. we ask Northern Ireland Railways to tell us what the plans are for Sydenham Station. We as a Residents Association are working with Northern Ireland Railways in relation to Sydenham Station.

Inverary Playing Fields are a place for the whole community of Sydenham with major events taking place each year, it is a place where everyone is welcome with a lot of work on behalf of Sandra Workman, Robert McCartney and David McConnell, they have brought about great events to Sydenham such as the Titanic Festival and now the George Best Community Cup. They have worked very hard with these events, and our concerns are will they be able to still take place.  Sydenham cannot afford to lose any of these events because of the great community relations they have brought to the area.

The Palmerston Residents Association want to know what payback will the Sydenham area get and what payback will the Community get ,the Stadium looks very impressive but will the local community be able to use it, our area will look run down and not vibrant. The Residents Association want to see our areas upgraded to enable it to take its place beside such an investment as £128m. We want to see our youth centre established as a state of the art youth and learning centre, to enable everyone in the community to have a home and a place to call their own with a coffee shop, computer suite and workrooms for both able bodied and disabled. We want to see our senior citizens and disabled have the right  to travel to Bangor an the Belfast City Airport by train with out having to scale 41 steps up and 42 steps down to a station platform,we hope this will be pay Back time for our community

Palmerston Residents Association

Palmerston Residents Association Would Like to thank our Community Policing Team for the great input they have made with PACT and the dedication they show to our community, Terry says on behalf of the Palmerston Residents Association once again thank you for the dedication and hard work that you put into our community in Sydenham.

The Palmerston Residents Association are pleased to say that they have been elected on to the PACT panel at a meeting in Wandsworth Community Centre Terry Hoey says this is great for the association.

Terry Hoey says how pleased he was at the election of the Chairman Peter Quigley, he has nothing but praise for Peter who works hard for Belmont Council of Churches and has Chaired the CPLC for some time his Chairmanship of PACT means that his leadership qualities will assure PACT will be a great success.We also thank him for his Chairman's Report 2008/2009 this is an excellent piece of work and shows just how seriously and with detail and time he takes putting it together 

We are also so pleased Alison Smith was elected as Vice Chair Allison is a great asset for PACT as she works so hard in the Community and works with the young community, Terry says if we had more people in Northern Ireland like Alison we would not have any problems and on behalf of the Palmerston Residents Association Terry says well done and we look forward to working with you.

The Residents Association looks forward to working along side the other External Panel Members that are not subject to election and feel with their constant attendance the PACT will become a vital aid to all communities in the areas it represents in South & East Belfast, Victoria Neighbourhood area.  We also look forward to working with the other community groups from RACKS Walkway Community Centre, East Belfast Alternatives,Knocknagoney Community Centre and Ashfield Boys School,We also feel that we must thank Secretary Nuala McKinley for the Great Work she carries out.