Kerb stones are a waste of taxpayers' money (From Dorset Echo)
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Kerb stones are a waste of taxpayers' money
10:26am Monday 15th March 2010 in
MAY I please express my concern at what must be the huge cost of laying the so-called ‘kerbstones for the disabled’ at bus stops.
Although I cannot speak as a blind person, these kerbs appear to me as totally futile.
Were any bus drivers consulted to discover if any of them had experienced any difficulties with blind people boarding their vehicles, apart from the obvious, that these kerbs would prevent?
Was the Blind People’s Association consulted to discover their opinions on whether these kerbs are at all worthwhile, or not at all worth the installation costs?
Could not the monies saved have been put to a better use for them?
Furthermore, I have lived opposite a bus stop on the Dorchester Road for more than five years and I am yet to see a blind person board a bus.
Considering the condition of some roads in Weymouth, I cannot but think that the so-called cash strapped district council have completely wasted taxpayers’ money on this project.
M G THORNE Dorchester Road Weymouth
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585
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11:16am Mon 15 Mar 10
Where does the money come from if not from the pockets of the taxpayers after the government has taken a slice to pay for gold-plated pensions, resettlement grants and winding up allowances for MPs?
likeitornot
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12:01pm Mon 15 Mar 10
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Techie says...
10:40am Mon 15 Mar 10
rs letters today, giving this prime example of a not-having-a-clue-ab
out-anything letter to appear?
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(1)The kerbs are not especially for blind/partially sighted people, they are to allow the bus to use its 'kneeling suspension' to provide level access into the bus for wheelchairs, pushchairs and the less mobile. The usual rule of "stuff happens in places other than Weymouth" applies here, and these kerbs are being used in lots of places, they aren't any sort of a new thing.
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(2) The "Blind People’s Association" is called the RNIB.
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(3) We are a borough NOT a rural district.
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(4) The Weymouth Showcase project is being managed by the County Council and is being funded externally.
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(5) Could you tell me if you have a tripod for your binoculars or just incredibly shiny elbows from watching that bus stop all the time.