Grim news from the Morpeth salient of
The War Against The Motorist. Reversals on all fronts. Here the
political wing of the livid rump (and if "livid rump" puts you in mind
of a baboon's arse that can't be helped) of car users that are
'Lights Out!' celebrate victory in the Skirmish of the Traffic
Lights. Whether squatting to scent mark his
territory with some pungent driver scat, or simply crumpling to the ground as his driver's paunch gets the better of his enfeebled driver's legs ("Hurry up and take the bloody photo, then lift me back into my car!"), someone should relieve that guy of the Champagne while he does it.
Would you buy a failed town centre
transport infrastructure from these people? Tough, you just did, at
eye-watering cost.
Phil Jones, the consultant brought in
to conduct the “review”, has been a disappointment. Here's Phil
sharing a breakfast TV sofa with Chris Boardman and sounding as
credibly progressive about active-travel enabling infrastructure as
one could wish:
Here Phil's brief – I have it from a
trusted source – was to deliver a recommendation that the lights be
removed, and to deliver it after the local elections. A
charade or holding exercise, designed to limit damage to the
electoral hopes of sitting County Councillors. The same source says
Phil's been on £750 per day plus expenses to go through the motions
- for what's it been; a year? - until called upon to
announce the pre-determined recommendation. Whatever happened to
reducing traffic speed and volumes, Phil?
You know, if told what to say and when
to say it I dare say you or I could've done that job for a fraction of the fee.
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