Time for a new direction

With the strains of Auld Lang Syne still ringing in our ears at the start of a New Year, a new leader of the borough council promising to take us in a new direction and a new Chief Executive on the horizon, 2019 promises to be an interesting new year indeed.

It must be hoped that both newcomers will have the gift of being able to walk on water – or at least swim upstream against the tide.

Snowballing debt, chaos and a collection of cock-ups left behind by their predecessors in addition to the restoration of trust, the righting of broken promises, less arrogance and greater transparency should provide them with plenty to get their teeth into.

We wish them luck in their endeavours for all our sakes – they may be going to need it.

And to close…

We still haven’t heard from the inmates of Shute End Towers the outcome of the investigation of the borough council’s finances, the result of the proposed Market Place safety audit or the reconvening of the joint traffic working group.

So in the spirit of the new year, and moving in a new direction – come on, humour us by providing answers. J W Blaney, Wokingham