Plymouth City Council’s Plymstock walking and cycling scheme has sparked criticism after reports that a 197 metre link could cost £3.8 million.
The project involves reopening a blocked underbridge to connect existing cycle routes and complete a wider traffic-free corridor. Local residents have raised concerns about value for money, road closures, diversion routes and expected usage.
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I think they done the same in Cambridge. Road narrowings, bridge closures changed roundabouts yet the roads are disgusting and dangerous.
Same mindshanangans of trying to distort reality. There are plenty of people who are capable of doing all these jobs without frittering tax payers money away and not listening with no consequences. Same all over the country bankrupt councils who dont care and have no idea about budgets and what is affordable. Again never ran a lemonade store let alone a business and so the merigoround continues and the tax payer is ripped off again.
3.8 million and 10 min diversion to make a lane that less than 1% of locals are going to use. Let me look up the definition of pointless
A whiff of corruption ?
The issue is councils being obsessed with walking and cycling schemes when they can't get the basics right, they can't properly maintain the infrastructure they already have but are willing to spend ridiculous amounts of money on vanity schemes hardly anyone will use and as always they approve of themselves and they and only they get to decide whether the diversion is acceptable and by that they mean they don't care.
I’ll do it for 3.5 million and save yourselves £300.000! Not to be snifter at😂😂
No money for potholes though!?😅
Unfortunately the government ring fence funding so it can’t be spent elsewhere, like potholes?!
Plymouth city council destroyed our area in the city with lots of mature trees..we said no , they said f**k you
Same in Farnworth, Bolton….and Haslingdon…
Tudor Evans and his labour council have always wasted money Bruce. So go look at royal parade and the cost to Plymouth people. And the cost of ripping the town centre out. Then you'll see the wate of money and the shit service they provide.
Sounds like money laundering
Sack the councillors!! The people of Plymouth should be disgusted if your tax money is paying for this. How is your homeless situation?
You think this is bonkers. Stoke on trent council just spent 29 million, basically, having a small road outside a train station re done. Don't believe me. It's all online. Caused uproar locally
UK people needs a DOGE department… This must be massive fraud and corruption wasting More tax payers money on another scam
Same in Bristol Bs14 area , its been months of disruption and I can't see an end so far .
We got one of in castleton rochdale, no one wanted it, its literally shut alot of shop down.
That's small change, Cardiff Council has spent 6 million cycle lane that was in a recreaction park. Other cycling lanes have cycling traffic lights with totally ignored by nuts & the delivery a-holes.
It's unfortunately similar waste throughout the UK!
The money spent on bike lanes all over is a joke.
How is that funding allowed? Absolutely mad. I could do a job on it for £1m 🤭
Another bent Liebour council.
That's going in someone's pockets
Check out Gallows Corner replacement bridge (TFL) Havering Borough
Just imagine if that went on all the Local schools in the area for SEND children funding or the local hospitals?
Similar bs in Coalville. Millions spent on building a crappy town centre patio and it took years! Waste of money!
Haha heeee its a bit wiffy that en 😮
Who owns the construction companies doing the job and who has links to the linkage 😮
Fuckin fraud
Like the 300m 1 way bike lane in Duke Street in Darlington. In 5 years I've seen 2 bikes using it😂
The councillors need a lesson on economics ?
👍💯Well said Bruce its happening all over
No , this is where I'm going to have to admit, as in the song
" THE LUNATICS HAVE TAKEN OVER THE ASYLUM. !!!!!"
GET A GRIP OF REAL LIFE!!
How many counsellors are cyclists?
what a joke…. bet some brown envelopes are flying around.
As well as the obvious absurdity, it also shows just how out of control bureaucracy is. You just know much of the cost was spent on wildlife surveys, impact studies, environmental studies. All such things while worth consideration, are totally out of control. This country is a joke.
Well guys I blame those who voted for your Labour Council or those who didn't bother to vote at all.
Plymouth just spent a Tonne of money for electric busses that don't work properly and we are now sending them back.
My local council did something similar a year ago. A mile long stretch of road that was narrowed to the minimum for goods lorries for a wider pavement/ cycleway. Cyclists still use the road, very few people use the pavement. Our entire system needs replacing as do the people playing at councillors. We need real british people.
That's typical Labour council in Plymouth they love to waste money.
Why can't we put these criminals in jail?
Councils are corrupt. Simple
This is typical of Plymouth City Council. Utterly useless.
Same at newborough village anglesey , massive cost for new cycle / footpath to forest . Its very nice ,but lets see how many use it …..
bear in mind cyclists dont actually contribute finacially to roads or cycling paths. Whether or not it links up to a larger network the cost is far to much, it should more like £1000 per metre. Also in the current financial climate the council should be cutting all non essential spending.
When you go to a restaurant you pay for; the food which has already been taxed, the heat to cook the food, taxed, the clean linen, taxed, the waiters salary, taxed, the owners profit, taxed, the business taxes etc, the energy to run the building etc, taxed, the owners home, taxed… ad infinitum! Yet the meal is of inferior quality and the service was abysmal. Now apply that to local and national govt. So… how was your anniversary night out?