Money Being Wasted On Road Revamp Works ; Your Views

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I LIKE to think that individually we do our best to obviate waste of any kind but when I read of the incredible waste of public money (which is ours, indirectly) by Devon County Council which should be looking after our interests as to where and how they dip into the bottomless purse when handing out their contracts etc, I cringe in horror.

They designated Pounds 2million for the Newton Abbot enhancement scheme, and specifically Pounds 26,000 for the laying of the expensive granite setts outside the library in the Market Street area -- setts which, after only six months of use, are to be ripped up and replaced at a further cost of Pounds 19,000 as they have been 'shaken loose' by buses, something they say was a problem they had not envisaged.

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Money Being Wasted On Road Revamp Works ; Your Views

Surely the engineers kept a check on the type of grouting, the levels, t...

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