The more eagle-eyed amongst you may have noticed some new signs affixed to lamp post on both sides of Epsom Road. If you haven't it's no surprise. For those of you that have not seen them because they are way above eye-line then here is a picture.
There has been no new restriction imposed on this stretch of road and so the signs are about as useful as a chocolate fireguard. Motorist are still free to park there; they are apparently doing nothing illegal. The signs are not that visible from the drivers seat & so one has to question the purpose of them.
How much money was wasted on these signs ?
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Local press coverage can be found here :
http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/news/Useless-Leatherhead-signs-politely-ask-parking/article-399184-detail/article.html
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Surrey County Council were adamant there was no money available for any of the road improvements we suggested and continued in their arrogant way to knock back any requests for improvements to flood areas and in fact anything to improve the life of the Leatherhead Resident. Instead all the money was invested in Iceland for a rainy day. Let me tell them the rainy days have started and someone needs to pay the price at Surrey County Council.
ReplyDeleteAt least we know the lies have now stopped when they tell us they have no money.
I agree it looks as if we have all been fooled
ReplyDeleteSurrey County Council said its investments of £10m in Glitnir and £10m in Landsbanki would not affect frontline services because the council had "sufficient funds".
ReplyDeleteMichael Gosling, the council's executive member for resources, said the banks had had "long-term credit ratings of high, excellent or exceptional and met strict lending criteria" at the time of investment .
He said: "We attempted to remove our investment prior to the current situation, however as we were tied into a deposit period of up to two years, we were unable to do so."
Source: BBC
So your telling me that not only did they lie about the money but they tied it up for 2 years when projects deperately needed attention.Anyone resigned yet???
ReplyDeleteI am concerned about this as the comments by SCC make me feel they are completely missing the point
ReplyDeleteHi this is Luke Bishop from the Leatherhead Advertiser. I have read your comments with interest and I was wondering whether anyone would like to email me with further comments - particularly the person who posted the article to begin with.
ReplyDeleteIdeally we would like any comments to be on the record and to give your full name, age and road name.
You can email me on luke.bishop@essnmedia.co.uk.
Thanks.
Hello Luke,
ReplyDeleteI wrote the article. It is based on one man's opinion not that of the Residents Association- see the Disclaimer. I have no interest in appearing in the local rag. There are two reasons:
a. You have never once replied to a single email I have sent to you.
b. The Leatherhead Ad. is not great at reporting things accurately and so I do not want to be misquoted.
My suggestion is that you start by trying to contact the SCC and get a comment from them. After all they are allowed to defend their position. You will then come across the other problems locals have with SCC - shocking communications - this alone is worthy of a news story.
JB
I was there this morning and it is even more ridiculous than I thought. You wouldn't know where the signs relate to as they are too far apart and as I walked past some lady parked right next to the lower one. This was not a busy morning but it was obvious to me that there is a problem. SCC HOW MUCH did they cost and I mean your usual costing, manpower etc. If it costs £20,000 to put down cones there I shudder to think.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I see SCC have had an easy ride on this so far. Does anybody else care that they said they had no money and then lost £20m of it or am I missing the point. Please explain local government to me if I am.
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