if councils want to save money why dont they go for the cheapest and best for value when giving out contracts and not use substandard products and services because somone paid a better bribe to land them teh contract
look at broadway for example im not saying a bribe was taken but the work was done by a foreign company who were paid a hell of a lot of money to fly over here to lay cobbles that had to be dug up and redone 12 months later or maybe 2 years tops
hardly a good investment infact broadway still isnt right despite the millions that has been thrown away on it
heres an idea
tarmac it , scrap the fancy stuff on the floor like tiles and mosaics and provide a surface that is actually safe to walk on when wet because believe it or not tiles and mosaics get slippery when wet and england gets a lot of wet weather
the next time a mayor has a celebration DONT blow 10 grand or possibly more on hireing a funfair ride that then causes more damage to broadway and creates more repair work to be done and again done to a substandard level
abandon any crackpot idea the council have to make us appear to be continental looking we are a town not a major city and concentrate on preserving what we have notthat there is anything left after the towns heritage and histoiry has been literealy oblitorated by previous council endevors like the arndale and the destruction of the outside market
this town has been destroyed and potentialy bankrupted by idiots who have no idea what they are doing and will allow anything to be built here as long as they either get a big personal benefit from it or their name on a shiny plaque.
stop driving small buisnesses away from the town by charging extortionate rates i know one particular buisness man who packed up and moved away from accrington because not only were the rates extortionate and unrealistic the council put double yellow lines outside his buisness and booked him if he dared to park outside his own shop to load deliveries