councillors grrrr

[chesters1]

we had "star" traffic control system installed in our village ,the residents were "consulted" then their veiws were totally ignored ,the village councillors as usuall butt licked the higher etchelons who inturn butt licked theirs , at a cost of £58,000 (and i`v seen higher costs)a mini roundabout was installed at a "T" junction ,pinch points were installed at the local school (so you can buckle your wheels on unlit kerbs) the junction next to the twin bridges was changed so the traffic ran past the pub (cars park on both sides of the road )and one bridge was closed and the other traffic light controlled ,lots of grumbles followed in the local rag for over a year .

NOW they have decided it was a waste of time and are going to restate the village to EXACTLY what it was before AT A COST OF £30,000 ,guess who i blame :mad:

Aldershot on the other hand has gone mini roundabout mad (although roundabouts there are no signs ,just give way boards :confused: ) and are putting white lines every where ,marking bays where cars have always parked anyway, chevrons in the centre of the road which are so big you have to go on them to pass parked cars, whats going on :confused:

 

[ 17. October 2002, 10:45 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

[Steve Burke]

Sounds like they could soon be ex-councillors! Mind you, if it's a long time to the next election residents may have forgotten.

[chesters1]

i blame "consultants" and "advisers" very highly paid "experts" who control the goverments :mad:

portmouth are the same ,they HAVE to go ahead with that tower otherwise it would cost the taxpayers £4 million NOT to build it ,another fine decision by our socalled public servents :mad:

 

[ 17. October 2002, 10:57 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]

[Colin Brett]

You need to come to Cambridge!! I've lived here all my life and I find new road closures virtually every day. I reckon the city council have shares in a Traffic light company, the things appear overnight from nowhere.

Colin

[chesters1]

we could not believe the paper about a cave up the road (mother ludlams cave),its been officially made part of a heritage site ,the gist is that this cave that was used by the monks of waverly abbey as a spring (and probably for eons before) has now a iron grill over it stopping anyone from entering ,for several hundred years it was a grotto (even mentioned by cobbet) and a mineral spring later (complete with cups on chains and seats inside ) at one time it even had a ornate floor .years of neglect lead to its demise and partly destroyed by charlie drake (not him personally but part of a sketch in the 1950`s) strange now its part of a heritage site the public cannot enter it ,before so it was open to all :confused:

[Nugg]

Chesters my friend, whats going on is spending the poll tax, if they don't spend it how can they justify collecting it next year. It's a vicious circle, spend to get more.