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Bridge Foot road mistake costs £5k (From Warrington Guardian)
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Bridge Foot road mistake costs £5k
10:08am Wednesday 3rd October 2012 in News
The new lanes
THE bungled repainting work on Bridge Foot island has cost taxpayers £5,000, the Warrington Guardian can reveal.
The controversial job, which cost more than £25,000 in total, was corrected overnight on Monday and replacement signs were installed on Tuesday morning.
It comes two weeks after the initial changes saw drivers stuck in hour long traffic jams as they were funnelled into one lane as they tried to drive to the south of the town.
The cost of the entire scheme including re-marking all roundabout lanes and approach roads plus new directional signs was £25,923, according to the council.
The cost to change the markings is around £5,000 although it is still to be confirmed by the contractor.
Clr Linda Dirir, the executive board member for highways, transportation and climate change at the council, said: "The renewal of these road markings was part of a wider programme of work to refresh faded lines across the borough’s road network.
“This work is undertaken annually for the safety of the travelling public.
“This time the opportunity was taken to change road markings at Bridge Foot with the intention of improving traffic flows.
“While some of the changes introduced have worked well, the changes on Wilson Patten Street lead to increase traffic queues and following significant feedback from motorists, senior councillors undertook an urgent review of the plans with officers.
“This has resulted in the changes made this week."
Council chiefs say the the work was ‘essential’ as the markings had faded due to the heavy traffic flows on the roundabout.
A spokesman said: “This cost is as a result of the renewal of lane markings around the whole of the Bridgefoot roundabout and its approaches being undertaken over a number of weeks.
“Extensive traffic management measures were required at weekends and overnight during the works to ensure the safety of the travelling public and the contractors working on site.”
This work was funded by the annual road markings renewal budget and by the 2012/13 Local Transport Plan.
Comments(12)
old-codger
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11:49am Wed 3 Oct 12
Well said, But do they ever do what the taxpayer wants ???.
grey_man
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11:54am Wed 3 Oct 12
drunkennun
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12:23pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Wires2012
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3:02pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Someone needs to be held accountable for this fiasco and I am sure that I am not alone in calling for this person's head
GET A GRIP COUNCIL AND STOP WASTING TAX PAYERS MONEY
Karlar
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3:14pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Wires2012 wrote:The chaces of anyone being disciplined or even censured are very remote. 25k is a drop in the ocean of our officer led fiascos so the chances of anyone having their employment record marked with a mild rebuke are slight. No doubt they would plead an infringment of thier human rights to make a costly mistake.
What a joke, if I had cost my company £30k, i would either be sacked or asked to repay them back or probably both!
Someone needs to be held accountable for this fiasco and I am sure that I am not alone in calling for this person's head
GET A GRIP COUNCIL AND STOP WASTING TAX PAYERS MONEY
warrington_biker
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3:18pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Stupid Council.
the dr who
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7:15pm Wed 3 Oct 12
no its funded by the tax payer,where do you think the allocated Budget comes from. who ever allowed this to happen and it wont be one person!! these things are always looked at and decided on before it happens needs to be dealt with.
concerned council tax payer
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11:33am Thu 4 Oct 12
An apology for wasting all that money and causing all that inconvenience appears to be missing. Or would that be an admission of guilt!!
mattlister
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12:57pm Thu 4 Oct 12
In this case change wasn't required and£30,000 could have been spent across a few areas.
deadbeat
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7:58am Fri 5 Oct 12
As for calling for someone to be made accountable, yes but at the cost of putting a family on the breadline by sacking someone who made a mistake? I'm guessing you're all saints? Absolutely pathetic.
grey_man
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8:43am Fri 5 Oct 12
And my view is that, at a time when the council is cutting jobs across the board, it's the incompetence of whoever is responsible for this farce that is costing a family their income. So, yes, they should be held accountable. I don't think anybody should lose their job over it but questions need to be asked about their competence to do their job if they thought this was in any way a good idea.
Nick Tessla says...
10:26am Wed 3 Oct 12
Perhaps nest time Cllr Derr and her colleagues will review the plans BEFORE wasting our money.