Stadium has been run down for years. A few plastic seats bought from the old Plough Lane Stadium and the new refs box is the only changes I can recall recently.
First thing the promotion needed to do was address the adverse camber on the first/second bends.
As far as I'm aware planning permission was only given a couple of weeks before the start of the season. I don't think major stadium redevelopment can be done during the season.
The start of next season will see major changes in sure
Rye is never gonna have deep shale like some of the larger, wider tracks. It is what it is. I do know they've been working hard on it for most of the week. At least the dust was kept down and that banking on the second bend has produced an interesting cut back that Kasper Lykke used a few times