THE Wirral Society notes with much concern the council's proposal to expend a further £600,000 in order to pay for the cost of environmental investigations for the proposed Hoylake Golf Resort.

This is in addition to the council's recently expended sum of £260,000.

We support councillors Ellis and Watts' concerns over the costs and viability of this project.

It must be remembered that this project has been discussed at various times during the last 15 years, and it is estimated must have already cost the public well over £2 million.

Part of this early expenditure was on the Capita Symonds report in 2006, which the council commissioned to assess the viability of the scheme.

This told the council that in essence, it would be unlikely to be approved because of the need to build a hotel and clubhouse in the Wirral Green Belt.

In the last two years the only way the council has gained any interest from the private sector has been by recognising the developer's wish to also build some 150 luxury houses on this Green Belt farmland on the course periphery in order to help pay for the resort construction costs.

This seems to be something the council keeps forgetting to mention.

Now the council is unexpectedly faced with having to find a further large sum to keep the project alive.

Surely enough is enough and it is time to call a halt to this vanity project?

Rod Tann, Chairman, Wirral Society