Fargate Redevelopment

[redruby]

City centre revamp hit by rising costs and delays 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2q0l0q96y5o?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2KDp7emFVs20wxBAVP9aWPgoL7rHRzTCC0f8RUW6Y418YVzhKp3668YAs_aem_lAbk8r8PEmz1E3X6MUEEsA

[hackey lad]

1 hour ago, Planner1 said:

Never made a bad decision then?

Not with other peoples money . 

[Planner1]

15 hours ago, hackey lad said:

Not with other peoples money . 

Everyone makes mistakes, public or private sector.

 

It’s an unreasonable position to expect people who work with taxpayers money to get it right 100% of the time. No one does, no matter how much time and effort you put into minimising the risks.

[Guest]

I was up Sheffield last Friday evening, I was pleasantly surprised by the number of people around, every bar was busy, I didn't see any antisocial behavior.

I sat outside the Showroom, I had a very enjoyable evening.

[redruby]

3 hours ago, Planner1 said:

Everyone makes mistakes, public or private sector.

 

It’s an unreasonable position to expect people who work with taxpayers money to get it right 100% of the time. No one does, no matter how much time and effort you put into minimising the risks.

I’m not one of those that moan constantly about the council and blame them for just about everything but some really big blunders were made with the containers which really ought to have been foreseen.  I think most of understand that all organisations will make mistakes occasionally.  But with the council it feels like these mistakes are too big, too expensive and happen too often.  The street tree felling in Sheffield is another example.  

[hackey lad]

3 hours ago, Planner1 said:

Everyone makes mistakes, public or private sector.

 

It’s an unreasonable position to expect people who work with taxpayers money to get it right 100% of the time. No one does, no matter how much time and effort you put into minimising the risks.

Did anyone lose their job ?

[redruby]

5 minutes ago, Uggy said:

I was up Sheffield last Friday evening, I was pleasantly surprised by the number of people around, every bar was busy, I didn't see any antisocial behavior.

I sat outside the Showroom, I had a very enjoyable evening.

The thing is Uggy, if you go out socialising around the ‘nice’ bits of town you don’t often see antisocial behaviour.  I went to the Lyceum with friends by car for example and saw no anti social behaviour.  Or for lunch in Leopold square.  But if you walk down High St on a weekday during the day, maybe going past the Bankers Draft, Poundland or Aldi there is a very strong chance you will see antisocial behaviour.

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Fartgate is like an obsticle course these days, trouble is when it is complete people will get out of the habit of going. 

 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, redruby said:

The thing is Uggy, if you go out socialising around the ‘nice’ bits of town you don’t often see antisocial behaviour.  I went to the Lyceum with friends by car for example and saw no anti social behaviour.  Or for lunch in Leopold square.  But if you walk down High St on a weekday during the day, maybe going past the Bankers Draft, Poundland or Aldi there is a very strong chance you will see antisocial behaviour.

I got off the tram at cathedral, walked up Fargate, went in Orchard and Leopold squares and then onto Howard Street and down to show room, on my way back through pond Street up to Arundel gate up Chapel walk back to Cathedral, that's a fare chunk of Sheffield, although I will grant you most of the better end.