Waldo Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Subject line says it all. Are the council legally able to sell off public roads in Sheffield to private companies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Subject line says it all. Are the council legally able to sell off public roads in Sheffield to private companies? The Government sell off public companies(BT and Royal Mail ect) and buildings, so I dont see why roads would be any different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erebus Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Welcome to the corporate future where if you cannot pay then you go without. The corporate world is only interested in profit, and even the money it apparently gives away is for publicity, thus propaganda, thus adding to profit and prestige. Welcome to the world where the slave gets a wage, which just covers its existence. A place where the future for most is blight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Doesn't really answer my question! I ask, because I parked somewhere near town today, on a road that used to be public (maybe 2 or 3 years ago), and is now apparently private, or so I was informed by the indignant resident who was agitated at the fact of my parked car on 'private property'. Well, that's one perspective, another perspective, is that it's 'stolen property', stolen from the public, and this resident is complicit in the theft of public property... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 You're actually better protected if you park on private land, as you cannot receive any fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Doesn't really answer my question! I ask, because I parked somewhere near town today, on a road that used to be public (maybe 2 or 3 years ago), and is now apparently private, or so I was informed by the indignant resident who was agitated at the fact of my parked car on 'private property'. Well, that's one perspective, another perspective, is that it's 'stolen property', stolen from the public, and this resident is complicit in the theft of public property... How do you know that the road was public 2 or 3 years ago? (The fact that people treated it as a public highway doesn't mean that it was.) For how long have the public used that road? (Is there evidence that they have used it long enough for it to be considered a 'public right of way'?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 ...or so I was informed by the indignant resident who was agitated at the fact of my parked car on 'private property'. Hyperbole? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 ............or so I was informed by the indignant resident who was agitated at the fact of my parked car on 'private property'. ........ No point in getting worked up until you know the truth. What road/part of road was this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 No point in getting worked up until you know the truth. What road/part of road was this? Yep, no point getting worked up, period! I think it's called south street. It runs down the side of park-hill flats (between the flats and park sq. roundabout). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Still a public highway as far as I am aware. There was a temporary closure order whilst the works were ongoing, but that has expired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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