"Ian F." wrote in
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As a Balham resident, I'm still reeling that allegedly £1m was spent
on this crossing when we have had one outside Balham station for over
four years! It is said to have cost £100k to create.

The media has totally ignored the fact, despite e-mails and calls,
with the exception of a tiny piece in Metro and a short letter in
tonight's Standard. Seems they are scared of upsetting the Mayor.

Some (balanced) views he
http://www.localgov.co.uk/index.cfm?...etail&id=83381

Ian


The BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8337341.stm) are quoting
£5 million, as does the localgov link.

I've no idea how you would go about spending £5 million on removing some
railings and installing coloured paving - that can't sound like value for
money to anybody, even the contractor who installed it!

Also I do hope it doesn't cost £5 million to remove because, having seen it
for the first time last week, it doesn't look safe to me (it is too easy
for pedestrians to get too close to the buses, even if they are only going
at walking pace, and remember this is currently a junction where bendi-
buses turn).

David