Post by jonksy on Jun 18, 2023 17:42:30 GMT
At wasting other peoples money........So who pays up when a pedestrian gets flattened and the motorist doesn't recognise it as a crossing.
Labour-run council sparks fury after splashing out nearly £50,000 of taxpayers' cash on LGBT-friendly rainbow junction
A 'rainbow junction' in support of the LGBT community cost taxpayers almost £50,000, it has emerged.
The four crossings, painted in the coloured stripes of the Progressive Pride flag, was rolled out in Chiswick High Road in February by Labour-run Hounslow council.
But disability campaigners were left furious when it was revealed to be the most expensive rainbow crossing in Britain, at a cost of £48,174, according to the Telegraph.
The National Federation of the Blind of the UK said 'inclusion must mean inclusion for all, including blind people' and insisted the money could instead have been spent on safety and accessibility for the visually impaired.
Meanwhile, Tory peer Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne suggested the crossing 'will inevitably cause migraines and trigger epilepsy'.
The four crossings, painted in the coloured stripes of the Progressive Pride flag, was rolled out in Chiswick High Road in February by Labour-run Hounslow council.
But disability campaigners were left furious when it was revealed to be the most expensive rainbow crossing in Britain, at a cost of £48,174, according to the Telegraph.
The National Federation of the Blind of the UK said 'inclusion must mean inclusion for all, including blind people' and insisted the money could instead have been spent on safety and accessibility for the visually impaired.
Meanwhile, Tory peer Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne suggested the crossing 'will inevitably cause migraines and trigger epilepsy'.
The four crossings, painted in the coloured stripes of the Progressive Pride flag, was rolled out i
n Chiswick High Road in February by Labour-run Hounslow council
Over the course of a year, the crossing itself cost more than £34,000, while the town hall
also splurged £9,000 on road markings and resurfacing, £1,900 on traffic management and £4,500 on road safety audits
