Saturday, December 10, 2005
Cathcob Playing Fields
Confusion amongst Council Officers has been blamed for the delayed start to the work on upgrading the Cathcob Playing Fields near Tescos. Apparently Council Officers were unsure how the cost (over a quarter of a million pounds) was to be met.
Instead of asking the local Councillors, who had been working on the project for years, weeks were wasted passing memos from one officer to another. We have been told that the work will now start in late Autumn instead of July as expected and the fields will not be useable until 2007/8. I’m not holding my breath, however, as Councillors tell me the Council, never known for haste, is grinding slowly to a complete halt since the Liberal Democrats won the 2004 Council elections.
Editor, Maria Lester.
Instead of asking the local Councillors, who had been working on the project for years, weeks were wasted passing memos from one officer to another. We have been told that the work will now start in late Autumn instead of July as expected and the fields will not be useable until 2007/8. I’m not holding my breath, however, as Councillors tell me the Council, never known for haste, is grinding slowly to a complete halt since the Liberal Democrats won the 2004 Council elections.
Editor, Maria Lester.
