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Oh, I know that Less. Which is initially why i didn't waste my time reading the useless report...and before Neil tells me it isn't useless I will say it just tells us how it IS going to be regardless of what we think or feel about the thing.(it is the kind of report that you would expect a council to put out when the decision is cut and dried)
My main concern about it is the money we are expected to put into this useless project.
HBC have no plans to use this space. Any uses of the square will have to be organised by Community Groups...who could equally successfully have used the space on Broadway.

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Oh, yes and if they don't remove these mature trees the disturbance of laying the new flooring could kill them anyway....and they are old trees, really not a suitable species for a town centre...they have been in place since the 60/70s.
It must have been because they didn't have the expert to come up with a report back then eh?

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I bet without the lottery grant and us putting in 1.5M, some ordinary person could suggest that IF these trees are really poorly, remove them and plant some more, don't touch anything else, allow 50 years we can still have the vista we had 50+ years ago and it will be CHEAPER!

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The report on the trees mentions weeping from branches and that one branch needs removing which will causes stresses in the trunk, it explains why that's a problem. It was quite detailed

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Yes, Neil I read it, but as said in the previous post it is what you expect to read when the decision is already cut and dried.
The maintenance of the trees over the rest of their lives would(I reckon) be cheaper than one and a half million quid.

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Do we need a statue of a dog?
I'd rather have a statue of Britcliffe or Jonesy pretending to be one of the pals instead of that.

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Neil, it sounds like you are a supporter of this project.
I am not!( only because I like to see value for money)

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Well if we had a statue of either of those, it would be something for the dogs to pee against and the pigeons to poop on

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I'm partly a supporter, a supporter of benches being put back in front of the market hall, but not at that price!
For that sort of money I'd like to see proper policing to keep the problem off the benches.

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They probably consulted Neil on how to secure funding.We all know there's not a brain between them.

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I wonder how many people would want to be a pigeon? :D

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I've no involvement with this project at all. I only get involved with green spaces and play areas, the closest to the centre of town was the St James Church work a few years ago.

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And if you got three independent tree specialists to provide independent reports you are likely to get three conflicting reports.

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Maybe but they can't ignore gooey stuff leaking out and dead bits

Re: Blackburn road - in front of town hall.