 The report suggested that the track needed major refurbishment at an estimated cost of $2.4 million.A business and marketing plan prepared by a consultant explored the financial viability of the operation under limited criteria.Despite claims by the District Council of Peterborough that its priority was the retention of the society and its assets, council minutes suggest that work had already commenced to plan the disposal of the assets entrusted to it as a result of events of the early 1980s.