What are Norwich City Council thinking ?????
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Just got back to the office and had to vent somewhere.
Had to go from here in Heigham Street to Ketts Hill and back. It has taken me nearly 50 minutes for a journey that would ordinarily taken 20 minutes.
Bearing in mind this was before the rush hour too.
The reason......................the Council have employed Eventguard Security to stand on the roundabout at the junction of the inner ring road and Duke Street and stop people blocking the roundabout when the lights change......
This has blocked the road completely. Traffic is blocked back to the Halfords roundabout and to the Puppet Theatre roundabout and beyond the other way....
What other ways are the council going to waste our money....7 Security guards standing around one poxy roundabout is a complete farce......leave it to the car drivers to sort it out themselves.......
And......breathe...............;)
Had to go from here in Heigham Street to Ketts Hill and back. It has taken me nearly 50 minutes for a journey that would ordinarily taken 20 minutes.
Bearing in mind this was before the rush hour too.
The reason......................the Council have employed Eventguard Security to stand on the roundabout at the junction of the inner ring road and Duke Street and stop people blocking the roundabout when the lights change......
This has blocked the road completely. Traffic is blocked back to the Halfords roundabout and to the Puppet Theatre roundabout and beyond the other way....
What other ways are the council going to waste our money....7 Security guards standing around one poxy roundabout is a complete farce......leave it to the car drivers to sort it out themselves.......
And......breathe...............;)
Well, one did step out in front of my truck as I went to drive onto the roundabout but then thought about it again...
Also, a mate of mine runs a cleaning company and was asked to quote for the Council. One of their road/pavement sweepers had got too close to a shop front window and had left a lot of rubber scuff marks.....my friend quoted £70 to do it.
When he hadnt heard anything after a week, he went back to the shop for the owner to tell him the Council had spent £370 and replaced the actual glass.. !!!!!!
Also, a mate of mine runs a cleaning company and was asked to quote for the Council. One of their road/pavement sweepers had got too close to a shop front window and had left a lot of rubber scuff marks.....my friend quoted £70 to do it.
When he hadnt heard anything after a week, he went back to the shop for the owner to tell him the Council had spent £370 and replaced the actual glass.. !!!!!!
KevF said:
Anyone doing late night shopping in Norwich last night will have felt the full force of the utter waste of money that is the 'Private Security' firm directing traffic...
OT: Were you parked in Focus DIY in Wymondham the other Weds/Thurs night? Think I saw the H-D in the car park on the way past from work.
t the council love to pay £££££££s for working for the community!detchibe said:
KevF said:
Anyone doing late night shopping in Norwich last night will have felt the full force of the utter waste of money that is the 'Private Security' firm directing traffic...
OT: Were you parked in Focus DIY in Wymondham the other Weds/Thurs night? Think I saw the H-D in the car park on the way past from work.LOL....then the guy serving me said they had been really busy and taken £100,000 from 8am up until I was in there at 6.30pm....
Do you work for the Carbon Fibre place round the back?
KevF said:
detchibe said:
KevF said:
Anyone doing late night shopping in Norwich last night will have felt the full force of the utter waste of money that is the 'Private Security' firm directing traffic...
OT: Were you parked in Focus DIY in Wymondham the other Weds/Thurs night? Think I saw the H-D in the car park on the way past from work.LOL....then the guy serving me said they had been really busy and taken £100,000 from 8am up until I was in there at 6.30pm....
Do you work for the Carbon Fibre place round the back?
Nope - don't work there, I have a unit in the green buildings next to East Anglia Motor Auctions
Actually that reminds me, I'll drop you a PM ref. the Valet thread.Edited by detchibe on Saturday 13th December 12:49
As Norwich City Council have lost £32m in the Iceland banking collapse I have now been reliably informed that the budget for mending roads has been slashed completely and they have accepted that it is better to pay claims for damage to vehicles rather han put money where it is needed.
It beggars belief. The people who took the decision to invest should lose heir fat cat jobs at the very least.
It beggars belief. The people who took the decision to invest should lose heir fat cat jobs at the very least.
Biggriff said:
As Norwich City Council have lost £32m in the Iceland banking collapse I have now been reliably informed that the budget for mending roads has been slashed completely and they have accepted that it is better to pay claims for damage to vehicles rather han put money where it is needed.
It beggars belief. The people who took the decision to invest should lose heir fat cat jobs at the very least.
Was it the City Council that lost 32m or County Council?It beggars belief. The people who took the decision to invest should lose heir fat cat jobs at the very least.
Either way the Council who has stated that they will pay out damages claims to motorists as its cheaper than repairing the roads has just opened an can of insurance worms. I would imagine that the insurance company will not be pleased. Just hope that nobody has an fatal accident as an direct result of an flawed road surface.
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