Crazy paving priorities

There’s some snazzy new paving that has been laid in front of the former Telegraph offices as part of the Bourges Boulevard roadworks. I’m all for making the city look as good as possible but I’m a bit baffled at this. That stretch of pavement is hardly used (who’d want to walk alongside a busy dual carriageway unless they had to) and as the city council is always telling us times are tough and cash is short.

I don’t know the cost of this work, but I’m sure the paving is a lot more expensive than Tarmac. Surely the money would have been better spent elsewhere. For example on Broadway where the state of the pavements are a disgrace and an embarrassment to the city. Cracked,uneven and flooding at the merest hint of rain, it is also a very busy street for pedestrians with shops, pubs and clubs, and yes, until they move to swanky new offices in Fletton Quays,the city council.