A TEAM of consultants were recently employed by the city council to carry out a parking survey on Blackbird Leys.
Their report didn’t provide a spectacular conclusion because the residents already know where the problems lie. There are at least five to six competent council officers who could have done the same job as the consultants and probably come up with a better report.
I requested a FOI on the cost of this survey and was staggered, along with city and parish councillors, by the reply – £42,500.
I hope the chief executive will respond to this letter and take action against those who sanctioned such a costly project.
BRIAN LESTER
Pegasus Road
Blackbird Leys
Oxford
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