‘We are Ready!’ - Andy Street, ahead of Commonwealth Games
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‘We are Ready!’ - Andy Street, ahead of Commonwealth Games
The Birmingham Games will start tomorrow, with disruption expected for visitors this weekend.
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Speaking to Gloria De Piero on GB News, West Midlands Metro Mayor Andy Street has highlighted the “opportunity for an incredible celebration” of sports, art and culture the Commonwealth Games will present.
With the Games due to start tomorrow, Andy Street says, “We are ready”. This is despite a number of set-backs including the “ravages of Covid, the war in Ukraine and Government uncertainty”.
Asked what viewers and visitors can expect to look forward to, Street said Birmingham and the West Midlands region would be at its best, showcasing the “pride and authenticity of the region, where communities from over 190 different countries co-exist and thrive together”.
With 1.2million tickets sold and millions of visitors expected to visit the region, Street was questioned over the disruption of the upcoming ASLEF rail strike taking place on Saturday.
Street recognised that rail strikes will effect nearly every venue for the Games but said he has a simple message “if you are coming from long distance, Avanti and Chiltern Railways are running as normal”, locally, there will be 600 buses ready to replace local services.
Questioned on his views of the Conservative Party Leadership Contest, Street said he had yet to decide who he will be backing, after Jeremy Hunt was knocked out.
With voting ballots going out to Conservative Party members on Tuesday, Street confirmed that he would be making his views known before that date.
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‘We are Ready!’ - Andy Street, ahead of Commonwealth Games
I'm really disappointed with the whole organisation. Firstly, as a disabled resident who can rarely get our, we had no idea about the draw for residents until it was almost closed. Not a single disabled ticket was available for any events I wanted to see, & we applied for over a dozen events, even in the national draw & even through regular ticket application. How hard would it have been to leaflet the city or include info with Council Tax bills or local election info to make sure everyone knew about the residents ballot??
All things disabled are a shambles. Latest issue was parking. Email announced disabled parking going live for our event at Coveney Stadium. On the day - nothing. Agent on chat eventually said they'd been informed 15 minutes before disabled parking booking opened that "it was not yet arranged". Only managed to book a spot 2 weeks before my event. To top it all, it's on the other side of Coventry from the stadium. Hardly disabled friendly. Sent a query & 2 weeks later (2 days before my event) I still don't have a reply.
Absolute shambles.