Waste of £1m ?

[simon the viking]

In the grand scheme of things a million quid is nothing to a large council.... they could easily squander a million quid on bureaucracy and paper trails....

 

[jowwy]

Daft question: Isn't France big enough for them to tour it?

your right - daft question

 

[amaferanga]

If they don't spend the money then chances are the TDF visit would be a disaster and it'd never come to the UK again. You can't host an event like the TDF without investing.

Sheffield roads are shocking, but the council did get a multi-million pound pot of money that'll be available over the next several years. If I recall correctly the plan is to properly resurface all roads. The bad news is that main roads are then to last about 25 years and minor roads 50 years before resurfacing again.

 

[BikeLiker]

See my response above, it may explain it.

I have and it doesn't.

 

[BikeLiker]

Cost £1m

Projected benefit £15m

It's a no brainer.

Obvious really, I can't think of a single projection that hasn't been proven correct

 

[400bhp]

The chance of the benefit being below cost is tiny

 

[classic33]

We have a similar estimate for when it passes through. In the meantime however, road repairs elsewhere have been put on hold again. We had one route turned down because the road wasn't upto scratch & would cost too much to bring upto required standards. The result being that its taking an out of the way route, on roads that are having over half the council road repair budget for the next two years spent on them.
Other roads are going to be affected by this but all the council can see is the money, projected benefit, coming into the area. When the roads they'll be using are out of the way, narrow & don't have a right lot at the roadside. Pubs aside.

 

[derrick]

The 1 million is a drop in the ocean compared to the billions of pounds they waste on other projects.

 

[Koga]

I have and it doesn't.

It does give you an explanation, you may not agree, but that is a different matter. Over and out.

 

[HLaB]

Obvious really, I can't think of a single projection that hasn't been proven correct

It can be out by at least -£14m before questions about waste of money could be argued

 

[Jezston]

£1m is chicken feed in terms of council and government budgets. They probably get more than that a week in parking fees and fines.

 

[Gravity Aided]

I think it exciting, but I don't have to pay for it. I think such events get a lot of publicity for cycling.