Southend Council group manager states the boot sale at Leigh station car park would “lead to conflict in vehicle movements to the detriment of highways and pedestrian safety and the free flow of traffic”.
That sentence defines this bureaucrat.
Where was he when all the airport plans went ahead? Car movements to the boot fair would be about 200. For the airport it will be maybe 3,000-4,000 daily.
Our council has not added any new infrastructure, with their greatest priority the traffic lights at Cuckoo Corner, disputed by most of Southend’s residents.
The boot fair is private enterprise. It helps pay the excessive wages of group manager Peter Geraghty and the arrogant council he represents.
Problem is, we cannot vote out these bloated bureaucrats.
Len Lierens
Southchurch Road
Southend
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