Didn't we just have a planning consultation for the Strand 'improvements' in Exmouth? And is it my imagination or did they start chopping trees down before anyone realised the consultation was over ?
The trees may well have been diseased, as we were told subsequently, although the tree surgeons apparently contradicted this to some concerned residents I met. If the diseased trees really were the stimulus, then why haven't they done anything about the very obviously diseased ones at the council offices at Sidmouth?
And how was it that by the time the tree work was done the cheap and inappropriate slabs had been ordered and which didn't match the artist's impression? The latter is a frequent issue with developments in Exmouth, although it's usually the size that is not accurately conveyed.
And why was allegedly 20k spent on that ugly and badly sited bus shelter which doesn't match the existing modern street furniture?
Seriously though, was there any announcement that the decision had been made and that work was due to commence? How do they expect us to participate when they apparently never follow the process through fully and openly?
Having been shown the puerile "We plan anywhere" video, with the esteemed Stuart Hughes, I was astounded that in a time of extreme cutbacks, public money could be fritterred away on such garbage.But then nothing that EDDC does, ever ceases to amaze. I look forward with interest to reading more of your blog.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks. We still don't know how the money was spent. Stu and BayFM both allegedly provided services free. Perhaps EDDC laid on security or a team of men in white coats.
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