Quote Originally Posted by goats View Post
That Churchill way canal re-opening though is a joke, what a waste of money and I bet it’s cost the council millions? Yet they struggle to afford to pay rufuse collectors? Bins once every three weeks but a large puddle opened up on a pretty insignificant city centre street?…I can’t believe how small it is, it used to be really wide and much longer.
I couldn't disagree more. That end of the city centre has been dying a slow death as the centre of gravity shifted towards the southern end and the Bay. This will undoubtedly rejuvenate it. Of course there are other things that, in theory, money could be spent on, there always are. But local government finance doesn't work like that. You can't simply transfer money from one expenditure head to another. And if you could, it would mean all the money would be all spent on absolutely essential services and nothing would ever be spent on making the city a nicer place to live and visit.