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Jun 2 2013, 10:38 AM
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QUOTE (Exhausted @ Jun 1 2013, 11:33 PM) Just driving down Shaw Road today and noticed at about the centre of the long curved terrace, the road menders are busy putting an outward extension to the footpath. Not very big but it looks like an expensive job. What I was wondering was why they are funding what looks like a restriction for the residents who park along there when on the other hand the council are struggling to mend the various highways in the area. Different budget and work plan. New work is 'capital', pothole repairs are 'maintenance'.....
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Jun 2 2013, 12:28 PM
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QUOTE (dannyboy @ Jun 2 2013, 01:21 PM) I have a feeling they are making the bus stop disabled friendly. Which I believe is a 'required' spend directed from Central Government.....
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Jun 2 2013, 12:38 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jun 2 2013, 01:28 PM) Which I believe is a 'required' spend directed from Central Government..... I think you are correct. They have also done several stops along Kiln Rd in the last few weeks, which is on the same bus routes asthe one by Smiths Crescent.
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Jun 2 2013, 06:37 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jun 2 2013, 07:26 PM) I said knowing; not just noticing. Oh I don't know for certain - I just noticed that about 2 weeks ago they did some roadworks at the two bus stops on Kiln Rd & the result was a riased kerb. I'm guessing that a raised kerb makes accessing a bus for the disabled easier. Now there is some similar work going on on less than 500 yards away...
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Jun 2 2013, 11:37 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jun 2 2013, 07:37 PM) Is knowledge tied to care? People tend to be ignorant of things they don't care about.
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Jun 2 2013, 11:38 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jun 3 2013, 12:18 AM) A lot of Govt funding requires a Council to deliver certain things, often as 'project funding' so the Govt and the Council ca claim credit: basic funding/spending is reduced (Hooray!) and well behaved Councils get extra.
Provision for the disabled is an emotive subject, and being personally involved with disability can change one's prospective..... I tend to agree; as much as people see some projects as unnecessary, I support work that involves giving better access for all.
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Jun 5 2013, 10:06 AM
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QUOTE (motormad @ Jun 5 2013, 11:03 AM) If you are REMOVING parking spaces for people then it's a bit more than a few extra steps.. it's where they park their car!? I'm only going by Exhausted post, stating that's where people park.. And now it's being extended for disabled people. you assume that someone has lost their own private sapce. They have not. a single car's length on what was once a free for all has been removed. So instead of 30 cars, there is room now for 29. I guess it means one more car on the pavement opposite, on the rare occasions every space on the one side by used up.
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