beansprout Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 How can any council get away with wasting money like this and not be held to account?Makes me so ?? angry when we have all emergency services working around the clock. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCat Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Pretty sure I read a story a while ago that said the person responsible got fired/had to resign.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558171 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58197626This? Arguable about wether he should be the fall guy or not. But it didn?t go without consequence Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Aelfheah Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Just pedestrianise Oxford Street if they want to ?reinvigorate? it. Most provincial high streets in England removed traffic decades ago and yet London?s ?premier shopping street?, is still a congested, polluted, mess. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 rahrahrah Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Just pedestrianise Oxford Street if they want to> ?reinvigorate? it. Most provincial high streets in> England removed traffic decades ago and yet> London?s ?premier shopping street?, is still a> congested, polluted, mess.I guess it would depend on where they re-routed all the buses to.I think it's too late to reinvigorate Oxford Street. It is all becoming like the Tottenham Court Road end always was - full of tourist shops selling cheap rubbish, and huge bizarre candy shops.And chains which just sell the same (boring) stuff you can get in their branches elsewhere.I hope I'm wrong, but like I suspect many people I now do almost all my shopping online (the downside of that obviously being the items sent via Royal Mail which never arrive .....).If there were more quirky independent shops, like in some other nearby areas, and more appealing places to eat, that might help, but I guess they couldn't afford the rents. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 The issue with pedestrianisation of Oxford street is that currently people with limited mobility use buses and taxis to traverse it's length. Remove vehicles and you will make it less accessible as its a long street so shoppers with mobility issues will go elsewhere.Whilst you can argue that one or two shoppers going elsewhere isn't a big deal, they often come with family, carers or friends so the loss of shoppers increases.On top of that many bus routes don't terminate on or near Oxford Street, but go through it to get to other destinations so they will need to be rerouted to bypass any closures. A good example of both effects was the recent closure of Rye Lane where bus journeys took longer and businesses claim they suffered a fall in sales. So the issue of closing to traffic isn't bad simple as it looks. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558285 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Dom Raab wasted ?238 million And he?s still in postJohnson?s fantasy garden bridge jizzed off ?60 sqillion They don?t give a sh:t It?s only money?they just print more when it?s not really needed.https://apple.news/Ai-AGnsw4QDaJMNWg1K_0vA Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Thanks cidolphus, that's really interesting and makes complete sense. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogkennelhillbilly Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Private Eye has covered this in-depth (apart from the "cops are too PC" bobbins at the end). Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Private Eye has covered this in-depth (apart from> the "cops are too PC" bobbins at the end).I haven't received a Private Eye for months. I took out a new subscription and received precisely one copy. I never received the free Christmas cards, either 🙄 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
natty01295 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Sign the Petitionhttps://www.change.org/p/westminster-council-save-the-marble-arch-moundSave the Marble Arch Mound!172 have signed. Let?s get to 200!At 200 signatures, this petition is more likely to be featured in recommendations!At 200 signatures, this petition is more likely to be featured in recommendations!Alexander Bowen started this petition to Westminster CouncilConstructed in May 2021, at a cost of ?6mn, the Marble Arch Mound has since become an icon to Londoners and tourists alike. The aim of this petition is to ask Westminster City Council to extend its lifespan beyond the proposed 9th of January dismantlement date. This icon of modern London and celebration of life during the Covid deconfinement period should be preserved and the many happy memories people have enjoyed on it should continue to take place. The Mound is both a piece of art and a piece of community - it must not be cut down in its prime especially in light of the money and joy already invested into it. Our message is simple - #SaveTheMound Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogkennelhillbilly Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 "Leighton Giles?2 days agoThis is a wonderful example of not what to do and must serve as a remembrance to things so bad they?re good. Long live the Mound"I agree with this and suggest the Mound should be renamed the "Vison Board Dumbshit Spending Other People's Money Memorial". The Council could have paid for dozens of social workers or teachers or environmental health offices or anything else... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558785 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCat Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> "Leighton Giles?2 days ago> This is a wonderful example of not what to do and> must serve as a remembrance to things so bad> they?re good. Long live the Mound"> > I agree with this and suggest the Mound should be> renamed the "Vison Board Dumbshit Spending Other> People's Money Memorial". The Council could have> paid for dozens of social workers or teachers or> environmental health offices or anything else...or...if you want even more headlines to raise awareness of the folly of the mound (and save money on dissaembly)...just get four of your mates to go round with some ropes and throw it into the Thames.... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogkennelhillbilly Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 You mean...build the Garden Bridge and demolish the Mound in one go??!? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCat Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> You mean...build the Garden Bridge and demolish> the Mound in one go??!?Brilliant suggestion. I think your corporate title should be 'Head of Vanity Project Repurposing'..... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/301167-marble-arch-mound-6million/#findComment-1558951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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