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Originally Posted by g jones
If you wanted to attack Labour, then you should have gone on about the break up of the Highways partnership this summer and LCC's decision to not subcontract Highways jobs to HBC anymore because allegedly they don't get good value from local councils like Hyndburn.
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I was not trying to attack Labour, just having a little laugh at your expense
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I also suspect that LCC probably would not get good value from local Councils. I also don't think they don't get good value when their own people do the work.
The problem with the work done by the Council is lack of accountability. When they stuff up what happens? Nothing. No one gets the sack. No one has to repair the mistake before they get paid. No one appears to give a damn.
When you contract work out it should be different. After the work is conpleted it should be inspected. If it is ok then sign the job off and pay the contractor. If it is substandard or took to long etc, don't pay them till they make it right.
If you want an example of incompetent work carried out by HBC for HBC take a walk from my front door to the park gates. I ended up with the Engineering Services manager stood outside looking at the mess they had caused and, to be frank, he could not give a toss that his men had done a poor job. He was not interested in sorting it out because it would cost money. Do you see where I am coming from? If the work had been carried out by a contractor they could have not paid them until they sorted it out. As it is we have a situation that is worse than before the work was done.
Oh and I will tell you what else is wrong will Councils while I am having a moan. Letting you Councillors make decisions about things you know nothing about, like why the work outside here was done in the first place.