Jim Gowans, WHCA’s rep on the Conservation Advisory Group, assesses local developments….

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Now that the final cost to public funds seems to be approaching £900,000, which is an increase of 50% on the figure quoted last year, this controversial scheme continues to divide opinion. The Christmas tree was, however, generally welcomed; but whether this gesture (peace offering?) by the City Council will be repeated in future years remains to be seen. Pictures of an articulated truck driving across the pavement in front of The Small Batch Coffee Co. have caused serious alarm and eye witness accounts of buses driving across the pavement outside The Kitchen Table are bound to raise questions about road safety. When we all thought the work was finished it started again with the road being dug up outside the offices of Mishon Mackay! Meanwhile the promise to cut away the tarmac choking the Elm Tree roots remains unfulfilled.
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